PSYC 100 Lecture 13: PSYCH 100 week 13 class lecture

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Katherine Fretz

Document Summary

Is intelligence a single that or a cluster of related traits: cluster of related traits. Types of intelligence: creative, emotional, practical, analytical, general. Street smarts (practical intelligence; sternberg: based on experience (trial and error, self, tend to think well on the spot to overcome obstacles. Book smarts (general intelligence: g, spearman: based on school-type learning > books, mentors, lectures, organized, prepared, back up- plans. General intelligence: books smarts: general intelligence, g (spearman) Involves more than just learning from books. Underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks (verbal, quantitative, etc. : not generally strong in one area and weak in others, more of strong across the board. Linked to many clusters that can be analyzed via factor analysis. Thought to be measured by intelligence tests : ex. Wechsler adult intelligence scale 4th ed: yield an intelligence quotient , or iq, sample items from wais-iv. Similarities test: de ne the relationship between these two words: apple and.