1. Intelligence and Mental Abilities You have to do the best with what God gave you.

2. What is Intelligence?

3. It is a concept and not a “thing.” It is socially constructed from cultures. Defined: mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.

4. What is your intelligence?

6. Charles Spearman Believed we have ONE general (g) intelligence. Developed a factor analysis. statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test. Those who score high in one area will typically score high in other areas (i.e. verbal intelligence, spatial or reasoning).

7. L.L. Thurstone Opposed Spearman. Identified Seven Clusters Word fluency verbal comprehension spatial ability perceptual speed numerical ability inductive reasoning memory Challenged by other researchers because research was inclusive.

8. Theories of Multiple Intelligence Howard Gardner Robert Sternberg

9. Howard Gardner Intelligence comes in packages. Studied people with diminished or exceptional abilities. Savant syndrome Eight intelligences

13. Success = Talent + Grit

14. Robert Sternberg Agrees there are multiple intelligences. Three Analytical (academic-problem solving) intelligence. Assessed by IQ testing Creative intelligence Reacting to situations. Practical intelligence Everyday tasks

16. Another type of intelligence… Emotional – Related to Gardner’s concepts of interpersonal and intrapersonal. – Four major aspects: The ability to perceive and express emotions accurately and appropriately. The ability to use emotions while thinking. The ability to understand emotions and use the knowledge effectively. The ability to regulate one’s emotions to promote personal growth.

17. How Do We Assess Intelligence?

18. “The Republic” “...no two persons are born exactly alike; but each differs from the other in natural endowments, one being suited for one occupation and the other for another.”

19. The Modern Intelligence-Testing Movement

20. The Creators Alfred Binet – 1904, Paris. – Partner: Théodore Simon – School determination. – Based on age (mental age). – Purpose: ID children who needed attention. – Feared that it would be used to label children.

21. Stanford-Binet Lewis Terman – 1916, Stanford. – Increased to teenangers/adults. – Based on IQ.

22. William Stern Derived the formula. Used by Terman. Average IQ = 100 Mental Age IQ Test IQ =x 100 Chronological Age

23. Today Tests represent the test-taker’s performance relative to the average performance of others the same age.

24. Discrimination

25. Modern Testing of Mental Abilities Achievement Test Intended to reflect what you’ve learned Example: AHSGE, AP Exams Aptitude Test Intended to predict your ability to learn new skills. Example: ACT, SAT, GRE

26. Most Popular IQ Test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 11 subtests broken into verbal and performance areas. Separate scores. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

27. Principles of Test Construction Must meet three criteria: (1) Standardized taken overtime to develop a comparison that becomes meaningful. (2) Reliable yielding dependable testing scores. retesting. (3) Valid the extent to which the test measures or predicts what it promises. content validity predictive validity

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