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The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills

Intelligence


Influences ability on all intellectual tasks

G = general intelligence


Factual knowledge, includes word meanings, capitals of countries, arithmetic facts

Crystallized intelligence


Ability to think on the spot, includes problem solving, inferential thinking, and analogical reasoning
Fluid intelligence
Intelligence that increases steadily throughout life
Crystallized intelligence
Intelligence that peaks in early childhood and does not increase through life
Fluid intelligence
Reflect performance on the test relative to other children of the same age
IQ score
Best age window to test intelligence
5-6 years old
Measures quality of home environment, are a good predictor of IQ
Home scores
Theory on race and intelligence
No genetic basis for race at all, so these discrepancies in IQ among races must not have a genetic basis
Ideas behind Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
Traditional tests too limited

Named many different types of intelligences including those that show intelligence in every day life

Evidence for Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
Brain damaged people show normal performance in all domains except one

Child prodigies have exceptional ability in one area but not others


Developmental disorders like autism

Limitations of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
No reliable/valid tests of certain domains

Not clears if other domains are "forms of intelligence" or "specific intelligence"

Idea of Sternberg's Theory of Successful intelligence
Three fundamental aspects of intelligence

Students that excel on the practical and creative tests are more racially and economically diverse than those who excel on traditional analytic tests

Three fundamental aspects of successful intelligence (Sternberg)
1. Analytic = academic

2. Creative = reasoning in novel circumstances


3. Practical = reasoning about every day problems

Sternberg's theory of intellect, based on the view that intelligence is the ability to achieve success in life
Theory of successful intelligence