Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Daniel Goleman, Savant Syndrome, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

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Assessing intelligence: reliability and validity of assessment, other measurement issues, (cid:862)gifted(cid:863) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals, savant syndrome, the nature of intelligence, factors impacting intelligence, nature/nurture. Intelligence is a set of abilities which allows us to: acquire knowledge, think rationally, act purposefully, deal effectively with the environment. Intelligence can be thought of as a capacity rather than a thing: we all have a maxi(cid:373)u(cid:373) (cid:272)apa(cid:272)ity of i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)ays use the maximum capacity. Emotional intelligence: daniel goleman, a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to, monitor the emotions of oneself and others, discriminate among emotions, use the i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) to guide o(cid:374)e"s thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. Intrapersonal: self-awareness, managing emotions (facial expressions and body language, motivating oneself, re(cid:272)og(cid:374)izi(cid:374)g othe(cid:396)"s e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s (cid:894)(cid:396)eadi(cid:374)g (cid:271)ody la(cid:374)guage(cid:895, handling relationships. Creativity: creativity ability to produce work that is both original and appropriate (useful, ability to see things in new ways. Involves curiosity: *bringing something into being that was not there before, creativity involves: