1. INTELLIGENCE THEORIES

2. INTELLIGENCE VS. ACHIEVEMENT
Intelligence: ability to learn from experience
Achievement: knowledge and skills gained from experience
Involves specific content (Spanish, History, Art)
Intelligence makes achievement possible by giving people the ability to learn

3. CHARLES SPEARMAN’S TWO FACTOR THEORY
All behaviors to be considered intelligent have a common underlying factor
G Factor: general intelligence
Ability to reason and solve problems
S Factor: specific abilities
Writing, Music

4. LOUIS THURSTONE’S THEORY OF PRIMARY MENTAL ABILITIES
8 factors make up intelligence
Must have all 8 to be considered intelligent
Visual/spatial
Perceptual speed
Numerical ability
Verbal meaning
Memory
Word fluency
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning

5. HOWARD GARDNER’S THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Intelligence is based on different areas of the brain
Intellectual potentials can be tapped given the right environment
See attached handout

6. THURSTONE VS. GARDNER
Thurstone: 8 factors, when taken together, make up intelligence
Gardner: different intelligences are independent of each other; may change over time
Criticism of Gardner: musical and bodily/kinesthetic are talents

7. ROBERT STERNBERG’S TRIARCHIC THEORY
3 different kinds of intelligence all work together
Analytic: problem-solving skills
Creative: ability to deal with new situations
Practical: ability to accomplish everyday tasks

8. DANIEL GOLEMAN’S EMOTIONAL INGELLIGENCE THEORY
5 factors that are involved in success in school or on the job
Self-awareness: ability to recognize own feelings
Mood management: ability to distract oneself from an uncomfortable feeling
Self-motivation: ability to move ahead with confidence and enthusiasm

9. DANIEL GOLEMAN’S EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THEORY
Impulse control: ability to delay pleasure until the task at hand has been accomplished
People skills: ability to empathize, understand, communicate and cooperate with others