1. What Is Intelligence?

2. What skills or characteristics do “smart people” possess?
Verbal??
Problem Solving?
Practical??

3. Has the concept of intelligence changed over time?
Defined:
Intelligence is an ability to master information that a culture deems important.
Has the concept of intelligence changed over time?

5. Intelligence Quotient Tests
Stanford - Binet:
MA/CA X 100 =IQ
The Wechsler IQ Test
Performance
Verbal

13. Typical IQs by Profession
140:
Top Civil Servants; Professors and Scientists.
130:
Physicians; Lawyers; Engineers
School Teachers; Pharmacists; Accountants; Nurses; Stenographers; Managers.
120:
110:
Foremen; Clerks; Telephone Operators; Salesmen; Policemen; Electricians.
100+:
Machine Operators; Shopkeepers; Butchers; Welders; Sheet Metal Workers.
100-:
Warehousemen; Carpenters; Cooks and Bakers; Small Farmers; Truck Drivers.
90:
Laborers; Gardeners; Farmhands; Miners; Factory Packers.

14. Problems With IQ Tests Cultural Bias=
Asian American score pts higher than Caucasian Americans, followed by African Americans, and then Hispanic Americans
Gender Bias=
Traditional education favors males?
Do IQ Scores predict “life success ?”

15. Is EQ or IQ a better predictor of life success?

16. Howard Gardeners Theory:
Multiple Intelligences:
Linguistic
Logic-mathematical
Spatial
Musical
Bodily-Kinesthetic
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