Intelligence – An Individual’S Abilities To Understand Complex Ideas, To Adapt Effectively To The Environment, To Learn From Experience, To Engage In Various Forms Of Reasoning To Overcome Obstacles By Careful Thought

11-Intelligence

Intelligence – an individual’s abilities to understand complex ideas, to adapt effectively to the environment, to learn from experience, to engage in various forms of reasoning to overcome obstacles by careful thought.

Gardner’s Theory of Intelligence – the theory of multiple intelligences ------

Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory – three types of intelligence 1. componential or analytic

2. experiential or creative

3. practical

Savant Syndrome – a condition in which people with serious mental handicaps, either from retardation or mental illness, have spectacular abilities or brilliance.

Savant I

Savant II

Possibly to due to limitless memory or ability to concentrate without distraction.

Measuring Human Intelligence Binet (1904) –

IQ – Intelligence Quotient = mental age divided by chronological age

Wechsler solved problem of Stanford-Binet: 11-Intelligence

IQ tests can be used to identify children who are ______or

______.

Reliability and Validity *Reliability

*Validity

2 types – content validity – does the content of the test seem logically related to the characteristic being measured?

criterion validity – do scores on the test relate to other behaviors that should relate to the ability being measured?

Neurological Relationships to High Intelligence -speed of electrical potentials

-more efficient functioning

-larger temporal lobes and hippocampus

Emotional Intelligence 5 components: 1.

Creativity – ability to produce work that is novel and appropriate

- Confluence approach