PSYC 3090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: David Wechsler, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Jean Piaget
10 May 2017
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Intelligence: multifaceted capacity that manifests itself in different ways across the lifespan, in general includes the abilities to: reason logically: acquire + apply knowledge, make sound judgments, pay attention etc. Most people think it can be recognized as behaviour. Sternberg study, made people list behaviours they associated with various forms of intelligence. + lack of intelligence, most common was reasons logically, reads widely, common sense ,etc. High degree of similarity between experts + laypeople consideration of intelligence, but with academic the experts emphasized motivation. Different stages of development = different conception of intelligence. We have notions of intelligence as early as first grade. Intelligence defined: views of scholars and test professionals. Journal of educational psychology 1921, 17 leading psychologists addressed following questions: what is intelligence, how can it best be measured in group tests, what should be the next steps in research. First person to publish on heritability of intelligence, framing nature-nurture debate.
