Thinking and Intelligence Chapter 9

1. Thinking and IntelligenceChapter 9

2. Thinking • mental manipulation of internal representations (of objects, situations, or activities) • conscious • subconscious • nonconscious

3. Insight Insight involves a sudden novel realization of a solution to a problem. Humans and animals have insight. Grande using boxes to obtain food

4. Reasoning purposefully working to reach a conclusion • Formal – single, right answer; facts are present to draw conclusion • 1. Algorithms • 2. Deductive Reasoning • Inductive Reasoning • Informal – no clear conclusion • Heuristic • Dialectical Reasoning • - stages of critical thinking

5. Deductive Reasoning -conclusion follows a series of steps & observations 2. Inductive Reasoning -have the conclusion; break down the steps

6. Barriers to applying reason: • Affect Heuristic • Availability Heuristic • Fairness Bias • Hindsight Bias • Confirmation Bias • Cognitive Consistency • Mental Set

8. Intelligence Multiple Emotional Primary

9. Primary Intelligence Tests (see worksheet) Stanford-Binet Weschler *must be valid & reliable*

10. Multiple Intelligences

11. Emotional IntelligenceDaniel Goleman • Emotional self-awareness • Managing one's own emotions (self-regulation) • Using emotions to maximize intellectual processing and decision-making, including self-motivation • Developing empathy • The art of social relationships and managing emotions in others

12. "Anyone can become angry—that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way—this is not easy."- Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

13. What areas do you see active in your lifestyle?