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Culture and the Individual Intelligence
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Psychological Approaches: Intelligence Spearman’s General Intelligence “g” = positively intercorrelated set of cognitive abilities that allow an individual to see relationships between things and to manipulate those relationships to solve problems. Derived from giving people a lot of different achievement tests and finding that the scores were highly correlated, indicating that the abilities being tested were related to one another
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Psychological Approaches: Intelligence Cattell’s Dual Intelligence Model Agrees with Spearman’s general definition of intelligence Argued that g was actually made up of two types of abilities Fluid Intelligence: The power to reason and use information Peaks at around age 20 and then remains fairly constant until old age, when it declines Crystalized Intelligence: Acquired skills and knowledge including knowledge about the best approaches for solving problems and the application of knowledge to specific domains. Continues to increase as we grow older.
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Psychological Approaches: Intelligence Gardiner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences Intelligence = the ability to do things that other people value. Seven Independent Types of Intelligence Linguistic Logical-Mathematical Musical Body/Kinesthetic Spatial Interpersonal Intrapersonal Individuals may be very good at some of these skills while not at others.
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Psychological Approaches to Cognition Vernon’s Vertical Levels of Intelligence Factors Intelligence A = genetic potential for “g” Intelligence B =phenotypic* demonstration of “g” Intelligence C =performance on a specific test Question: Is Intelligence C a predictor of Intelligence A? * The actual expression of genetic potential in individual traits and abilities.
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Psychological Approaches to Cognition Tests for Intelligence C May not target important factors of Intelligence B May be affected by cultural biases such as: Language Item content and format Motivation Speed Testing context
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