PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Twin, Psych, Mental Age
13 Aug 2020
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Music, social attentiveness, dancing, mathematics, and all other skills that society values. Need to determine whether each intelligence correlates highly with the others. Argues that people can be successful in one type of intelligence but not others: ex: an athlete can excel in body movements but do mediocrein music. Triarchic theory of intelligence: enphasis on three aspects of intelligence; cognitive processes, identifying situations that require intelligence and using intelligence in practical ways. Three types of intelligence: analytical (thinking critically, creative (developing new ideas, practical (doing something) Aptitude: ability to learn or fluid intelligence. Achievement: what someone has already learned or crystallized intelligence. Iq test: (intelligence quotient tests) procedures that try to predict someone"s performance in school and similar settings. Mental age: the average age of a child who perform as well as a given child. Provide separate scores for different tasks/ identify someone"s strengths and weaknesses. "listen to these numbers and repeat them: 3,7,9,10"
