PSYC 3590H Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Imaginative Tales, Self-Awareness, Flynn Effect
27 Mar 2017
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Intelligence: verbal ability, problem solving skills, and the ability to adapt to and learn from lifes everyday experiences. Traditional iq test: binet test, mental age (binet)(level of mental dev. relative to others) Garners 8 frame mind: verbal, mathematical, spatial, body-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic. Emotional intelligence bar-on model: theory of intelligence that consists of emotional self-awareness, managing emotions, reading emotions, & handling relationships, self awareness is important b. c it lets students use self control. Impact of emotional intelligence: growing interest in a possible link btwn academic success & ei, possible role of ei comes from research on why students drop our from post secondary programs. Reasons students withdraw: change of program (20%), personal problems (55%), economic/health problems (15%), other (15%) Flynn effect: flynn observed that iq scores have risen about 3 points every decade. Ability grouping: between-class (students are grouped based on their ability or achievement, within-class (placing student in 2-3 groups within a class)
