PSYCH 100 Lecture 12: Intelligence
1 Nov 2016
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To engage in various forms of reasoning. A primary intelligence factor that underlies all specific mental abilities. Points: found people who score high on one sub-test of intelligence typically score high on all subsets, performance on all these tasks (math, verbal) depends on this primary factor. Several components view: gard(cid:374)er"s theor(cid:455) of multiple i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e. People do not have one general intelligence, but rather multiple intelligences. Points: each is independent of the others, we need to assess/understand all types of intelligence to get the big picture. Intrapersonal therapist naturalist farmer: ter(cid:374)(cid:271)erg"s triarchic theory of intelligence. Intelligence falls into 3 classes: analytical intelligence, ability to think critically, analytically. Ex: good students, professors, scientists: creative intelligence. Ex: inventors, musicians: practical intelligence, street smarts, solving everyday life problems. Ex: business owners, con artists: emotional intelligence (vs. A cluster of traits relating to the emotional side of life. Our abilities to perceive, understand, and express emotions.
