1. Intelligence & Creativity The most controversial concept in Psychology.

2. Suggested supplemental material: Internet fun: Common Sense quiz @ (www.mcckc.edu/longview/ctac/psychology/Commonsense2) Learning Objectives: u History of Intelligence Testing u Theories of Intelligence u Creativity u Differences in Intelligence

3. Intelligence & Creativity David Weschler n... the capacity to understand the world and the resourcefulness to cope with its challenges. n Theories of Intelligence n Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences n Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory

4. Measurements of Intelligence Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale u Alfred Binet u Comparison within oneself n IQ = score Weschler u verbal tasks, performance tasks u Bell curve

5. Creativity n What is creativity? n Characteristics of creative people n Factors that affect creativity n Factors that reduce creativity n Converge nt Thinking n Diverge nt Thinking (creative problem solving)

6. Intelligence Tests n Standardization n Norms n Objectivity (lack subjectivity) n Reliability n Validity

7. Intelligence n Differences in Intelligence n Extremes in Intelligence (Savant Syndrome) n Testing Controversy n Environmental influences Children should not be confused with (IQ) scores