PSYC 333 Study Guide - Final Guide: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Mental Age

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 333
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Intelligence does not mean the same thing to all people. Piaget: intelligence is adaptive thinking or action. It"s a process we go through in order to adapt to our environment. Other: intelligence is the ability to think abstractly or to solve problems effectively. Interested in identifying universal stages in the way thinking is organized or structured. Information-processing theorists also have been primarily concerned with understanding the basic cognitive processes on which all people rely to learn, remember, and solve problems. Led to the widespread use of intelligence tests. They seek to determine how many and what kinds of questions children can answer correctly at different ages and whether or not this index of intellectual performance can predict such developmental outcomes. Intelligence is an intellectual trait or a set of traits that differ among people and so characterizes some people to a greater extent than others.