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2. What is our definition? Example scenario Read & discuss with your partner Sternberg’s theory: the essential goal of wisdom is to serve the common good Wise people have balanced intrapersonal, interpersonal, and extrapersonal interests (balancing self-interests with interests of others and the context in which we live)

3. 1.Whose interests should Charles take into account? 2.How might the short-term and long-term interests of each party be different? 3.How might Charles’s actions reflect adaptation or shaping of the environment? What would it mean for him to select a new environment? 4.How might tacit knowledge or emotional intelligence be relevant to understanding & resolving the situation?

4. In contrast to intelligence tests, this real- life scenario has multiple answers Each with positives and negatives

5. Definition? A variety of tests have been developed to assess creativity Example 1: The Bouzan Test You have 2 minutes to write down as many different uses of a paper clip as you can. Count up how many different uses you got Divide that number by 2 An average score is 4 8 is rare, 12 is very rare, and 16 is better than 1 in 1,000

6. Creativity: The Work and Lives of 91 Eminent People, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Creative people have the unusual capacity to adapt to almost any situation & make do with whatever they have to reach their goals 10 Antithetical Traits of Creative People

7. What are your thoughts/initial reactions? Did any of these surprise you? If you consider yourself to be a creative person, did these sound like you?

8. Analogies Measure our ability to perceive relationships 1 of the subtests of WAIS measures respondents’ abilities to see similarities Good example of how intelligence tests measure developed ability: both aptitude and achievement, since the solution to any analogy requires prior knowledge as well as the ability to reason about it

9. Organization of intellectually superior individuals Founded 1946 in Great Britain “mensa” is Latin for table – symbolizes the coming together of equals Goal: to discuss and arrive at ways of preserving world peace 100,000 members in 100 countries US has 50,000 members, although it is estimated that up to 5 million Americans are eligible Have a gifted children’s program, scholarship fund, research foundation, and national magazine

10. To qualify for membership: Score in the top 2% of any standard intelligence test Minimum score of 132 on the Stanford- Binet test or 130 on the Wechsler Scale Each year 30,000 people apply, only about 1 of every 25 applicants is admitted Interested?

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12. In your notebook, number a page 1-24 This is just an exercise, not an accepted intelligence test Each item is made up of letters, words, geometric shapes, and lines. Convert each one to a word or phrase Ex: STTHEORY You have 1 minute to answer as many as you can

13. Is this test a good measure of intelligence? More a function of time & writing speed than intelligence Round 2 Number your paper 1-24 You will have 5 minutes for this more difficult test Is this test a good measure of intelligence?

14. What is reliability? What is validity? Morris Shoe-Size Intelligence Test IQ = shoe size x 10 This test is extremely reliable, what does that mean? “Re-tests” provide highly consistent results What’s the problem? It’s not valid – it doesn’t test what it is supposed to

15. Remote Associates Test (RAT) Creativity involves the ability to see relationships between ideas that are remote from each other Is this test standardized? Yes, administered to a variety of college students & professional organizations, scores reported and analyzed Is it reliable? Yes, upon re-testing, results were remarkably similar between different versions and later test dates Is it valid? Yes, students who had high test scores tended to be rated as highly creative by their research advisors, professionals with high scores were more likely to make award-winning suggestions for company improvements