PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Colored Pencil, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
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What is intelligence: psychologists can"t agree on a precise de nition of intelligence, ability to: Learn to adapt to novel environmental circumstances. Example: a kid using a pen and later using previous knowledge to understand that a pencil/ crayon will do the same thing. Abstract thinking: the capacity to understand hypothetical concepts. Binet and simon 1905: created one of the rst intelligence tests, focused on higher mental processes - reasoning, understanding & judgement, it is now agreed that intelligence is related to the capacity to understand theoretical concepts (abstract thinking) Example: use three words in a sentence: child store ran or. Therefore your (g) intelligence may be low but your (s) intelligence in keeping stats may be high. : idea that people vary in ability levels across different domains of intellectual skill: gardner"s frames of mind - ways of thinking about the world in different types of intelligences, concept of (g) is incomplete.
