PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Inductive Reasoning, Factor Analysis

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Gardner"s 8 intelligences intelligence is viewed as multiple abilities that come in different packages: savant syndrome condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill. Island of brilliance there are multiple intelligence not one single intelligence: 8 intelligences. Interpersonal, intrapersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, musical, logical- mathematical, linguistic, naturalist recent research shows that there is a general intelligence factor. It predicts performance on various complex tasks and in various jobs: success is not determined solely by intelligence. Success requires the coupling of talent w/ grit (10-year rule) Sternberg"s 3 intelligences: analytical intelligence assessed by intelligence tests, which present well-defined problems having a single right answer. 386 for summary of the theories of intelligence. Intelligence and creativity creativity ability to produce novel and valuable ideas convergent thinking intelligence tests that require a single correct answer injury to left parietal lobe damages this ability.