FRHD 2060 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Numeracy, Inductive Reasoning
5 Dec 2013
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Experts as well as the regular population agree that intelligence consists of problem solving ability, verbal ability and social competence. Important components for all ages include: motivation, exertion of effort, and the ability to read: age-related attributes, such as wisdom, are also apparent. Life span view allows us to consider both change and stability in intelligence. There is some intellectual decline with age, specifically in the mechanics: but there is also stability and growth, primarily in the pragmatics. Developmental trends in psychometric intelligence three main approaches used to study intelligence: psychometric approach: focuses on performance on standardized tests, cognitive structural approach: focuses on the quality and style of thought, information-processing approach: focuses on basic cognitive mechanisms. Fluid intelligence: the innate abilities that make people flexible and adaptive thinkers and underlie the acquisition of knowledge and experience. Crystalized intelligence: knowledge acquired through life experience and education. Does not normally decline with age until very late in life.
