PSYC 1010 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 - Intelligence This note includes the prof's lecture slides, and has accompanying notes typed up beside it. It very neat and compact, has highlights and arrows relating lecture slides to related notes given in class.

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Vivienne Monty

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D) theories of multiple intelligences: assessment of intelligence. A) historical background b) modern tests: genetic & environmental determinants. Short answer questions are always from material covered in class!~ Answer the multiple choice questions at the end of the book~ What is your own definition of intelligence? a) Most people think of verbal, practical, and social aspects of intelligence (p. 381). As of yet we have not made a measurement of intelligence that is culture-free. (i. e. an. As opposed to improvement, people may be stubborn and continue to repeat the same mistakes. Your brainpower! (like the motor that leads the performance in different fields/subjects) Spearman began this and called it the "g" factor. Inferred it after looking at peoples" results on their iq test. If you are good in one area, you"ll be good in another. i. e. athletic ability: if you are athletic, you are most likely to be good at a number of sports.