Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Robert Sternberg, Psychological Testing
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Intelligence is not something that has concrete existence; it is a socially constructed concept. Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and reason effectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment. Sir francis galton and alfred binet tried to measure intelligence and discover its causes: Galton showed through the study of family trees that eminence and genius seemed to occur within certain families. Galton was convinced that eminent people had inherited mental constitutions that made them more fit for thinking than their less successful counterparts. In time, galton"s approach was disfavoured because his measures of nervous-system efficiency proved unrelated to socially relevant measures of mental ability. Developed a measure of mental skills by asking experienced teachers what sorts of problems kids should be able to solve at different ages. He used these answers to ask children questions to see of the child was performing at the correct mental level for his or her age.