PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Satoshi Kanazawa, Robert Sternberg, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

In many studies, intelligence has been defined as whatever intelligence tests measure, which has tended to be school smarts. Intelligence is not a quality like height or weight, which has the same meaning to everyone worldwide. their own time and culture. Intelligence is a mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Charles spearman (1863-1945) believed we have one general intelligence (g) that is at the heart of all our intelligent behavior, from navigating the sea to excelling in school. He granted that people often have special, outstanding abilities, but he noted that those who score high in one area, such as verbal intelligence, typically score higher than average in other areas, such as spatial or reasoning ability. His belief stemmed in part from his work with factor analysis - a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items. Liken mental abilities to physical abilities: the ability to run fast is distinct.