PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Flynn Effect, Heritability

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Chapter 10: what is intelligence, definition of intelligence. No single definition because there are varying opinions. Scientists agree that certain characteristics are part of intelligence (ability to think rationally, solving problems, ability to acquire knowledge, to act purposefully, to effectively cope with the environment: one or several intelligences, the factor analysis approach. Sophisticated statistical technique that"s used in order to identify the factors that may underlie clusters of test items. Concluded that while we have different abilities, they are not multiple intelligences. Believed we have multiple distinct abilities, representing different intelligences: contemporary approaches. Believes every intelligence has value but different cultures value different intelligences more than others. Savants (people who are extraordinary in one or more ways but they are below average in many other ways) Prodigies (people who are extraordinary in one or more ways but are average in other ways) The intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, existential.