PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Bipolar Disorder, Parietal Lobe, Flynn Effect
29 Nov 2016
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* galton: said intelligence is the by-product of sensory capacity and first comes through the senses, especially vision and hearing; however, testing showed little correlation. * binet and simon: first intelligence test, or tool to measure overall thinking ability; recognized higher mental processes including reasoning, understanding and judgement. * abstract thinking: capacity to understand hypothetical concepts rather than present concepts. * intelligence consists of the abilities to reason abstractly, learn to adapt to novel environmental circumstances, acquire knowledge and benefit from experience. * fluid intelligence: capacity to learn new ways of solving problems. * crystallized intelligence: accumulated knowledge of the world acquired over time. * fluid intelligence declines with age while crystallized increases, and crystallized makes people more open to experiences. * multiple intelligences: different domains of intellectual skill. * howard gardner"s multiple intelligences included linguistic, logico-mathematical, spatial, music, body- kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic; not testable so difficult to falsify.
