PSY 202 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Abstraction, Lewis Terman
13 Feb 2018
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Sensory capacity: we measure intelligence on how our senses work. Better eyesight, better hearing, speed of sensory (reaction time experiment) Abstract thinking: higher mental processes, reasoning, problem solving, and understanding hypothetical concepts, judgments. Cattell assumed that intelligence was a matter of raw sensory ability. Galton and cattell both claimed that intelligence equals sensory ability. Intelligence test: diagnostic tool designed to measure overall thinking ability. g-(general intelligence): overall differences in intellect among people. Being good at multiple things. s-(specific intelligence): particular ability level in a narrow domain. Multiple intelligences: people vary in their ability levels (intellectual skills) Howard gardner, his model is vague and difficult to test. Believes that there are numerous frames of mind ; to think about the world in different ways. Robert sternberg"s triarchic model: analytical intelligence: ability to reason logically (book smarts, practical intelligence: tacit intelligence, solving real-world problems.
