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Intelligence. http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciencedaily.com/img/BB42D239-0308-460C-B1DF-8E84149639BA. Ways of Defining Intelligence. Consisting of: Capacity to learn from experience Ability to adapt to environment Metacognition :
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Intelligence http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciencedaily.com/img/BB42D239-0308-460C-B1DF-8E84149639BA
Ways of Defining Intelligence • Consisting of: • Capacity to learn from experience • Ability to adapt to environment • Metacognition: • Ability to understand and control your own thinking • Ability to deal with complexity • What intelligence tests measure • Cultural definitions
Early Measures of Intelligence • Two approaches: • Galton – sensory-based
Early Measures of Intelligence • Two approaches: • Binet – scholastically-based • Intelligence quotient http://imjustaguy.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/iq_bell_curve.gif
Current Intelligence Tests • Stanford-Binet • Wechsler (see handout) • Verbal score • Performance score • Overall score
Debated Questions about Intelligence • Is intelligence singular or multiple? • Is intelligence inherited? • Are intelligence tests biases?
Spearman- the “g”factor • Factor Analysis
Arguments against a general intelligence factor • Architecture of the brain – modularity • Artificial Intelligence research • Most IQ studies done on middle-class Americans • IQ tests do not test practical intelligence
Gardner- Multiple Intelligences • Linguistic • Logical-Mathematical • Spatial • Musical • Bodily-kinesthetic • Interpersonal • Intrapersonal • Naturalist
Gardner’s Criteria for Identifying Intelligences • Brain damage • Exceptional individuals • Core operations • Developmental history • Evolutionary history • Supportive evidence from cognitive-experimental research • Supportive evidence from psychometric tests • Symbol system
Biological Basis of Intelligence • Size of brain • Speed of nerve conduction • Efficiency of brain • Twins studies • Can intelligence change over your lifetime?
The Bell Curve & Social Intelligence • The Bell Curve • Intelligence is a single property • Intelligence is distributed in the population in a bell curve • Intelligence is inherited • Low intelligence leads to social pathology • Implied: blacks more likely to have low IQ than whites • Social Intelligence • One important type of intelligence ignored in psychology
Race and Intelligence • Problems with arguments • Race is a social construct