PS381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Premorbidity, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Block Design
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Chapter 7: assessment intellectual and cognitive measures. Psychologists have made many attempts to define intelligence. Broad definitions: ability to learn or adapt to the environment. Narrow definitions such a the ability to engage in abstract thinking. Definitions of intelligence have focused on the context of life more generally. Wechsler intelligence as a person global capacity to act purposefully, to think in a rational manner, and to deal effectively with his or her environment. Gottfredson intelligence involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly to reason, plan, solve problems, think. Provide a brief overview of the many theories of intelligence. 4 domains: factor models, hierarchical models, and information processing. Factor models 2 or more factors that are postulated to be at more or less the same abstractly structural level. Hierarchical models based on the assumption that there are different levels of factors, with higher order or primary factors composed of lower-order or secondary factors.
