Spearman's Two Factor Theory Of Intelligence

Intelligence is defined as the ability to learn and think logically about abstract concepts while also being able to adapt to the environment. Chapter seven is all about intelligence and academic skills. This chapter discusses two major intelligence theories: Gardner’s and Sternberg’s. The psychometric approach to intelligence is the attempt to quantify people’s psychological skills and abilities based off a paper and pencil test or physical measurements. One of the most well-known tests is Spearman’s two-factor theory of intelligence. The two factors were general intelligence (g) and specific intelligence (s). General intelligence is a very broad category based on mental power that underlies all intellectual tasks/functions. Spearman thought …show more content…
Puberty is the process of maturing physically that leads to the capability to reproduce. For puberty to start there has to be a release of a sex hormone; for girls it is estrogens and males it is androgens. The sex organs on both sexes become more developed and they will start growing hair in different places, for boys their voices will change and overall your whole body is changing. Girls will start menarche which is the first menstrual cycle around the age of 13-14. Puberty causes people to start looking at their body image (how one thinks their body looks and how it looks to others) and it is a time for many changes physically and mentally to figure out who you will …show more content…
While it is rather simple to know what sex (boy or girl) you are, there are other parts of what sex you are born that can complicate that like gender and gender roles. Gender is all the physical, cognitive, and behavioral traits that make up a sex. Gender roles or sex roles are the social expectations depending what sex you are. An example of this would be if you are a girl, you are supposed to cook, wear dresses and never swear. If you are a boy then you bring in the income, “wear the pants” in the family plus be very athletic. It is how society perceives how a woman or man should act. If a person follows the behavior that matches the gender roles that are expected then that is called sex-typed behavior. Another term that is important is gender concept that is the understanding that one’s sex cannot be altered; it is permanent. It can’t be changed even with face changes or hair and clothing changes. There are very obvious differences between a male and a female by the way they handle situations and also how they develop physically and cognitively through the