AP Psychology 8th ed

Chapter 11: Intelligence Part 1

Name: Vidhu Manohara

While you read chapter 11, take notes for the following questions. 1. Discuss the difficulty of It is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use defining intelligence, and knowledge to adapt to new situations. explain what it means to reify intelligence. Its hard to define because we are not sure what it really is. The two biggest questions that arise are: Whether it is one overall ability or Intelligence many, and Whether neuroscientists can actually locate and measure intelligence within the brain. To reify intelligence is to treat is as an actual thing not an abstract concept. 2. Present arguments for General Intelligence is a general intelligence factor that according to and against considering Spearman and others underlies specific mental abilities and is intelligence as one general therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. mental ability. Factor analysis is the statistical procedure used to identify clusters General intelligence (g) of test items that measure a common ability. Factor Analysis Even though there might be some underlying connections between several skillsets that make up intelligence, they are still individual and should be treated as such.

3. Compare Gardners and Sternbergs theories of intelligence. Savant syndrome Gardners theory of multiple intelligences

Savant Syndrome is the condition which a person is limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill Gardners theory was that intelligence has intrinsic value yet it is ones culture and context that place greater value on some capacities than others. Sternbergs split it up into three parts; Analytical, Creative and Practical

Sternbergs triarchic theory of multiple intelligences

4. Describe the four aspects of emotional intelligence, and discuss criticisms of this concept. Emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive (recognize them), understand (predict what they are, manage (using them in certain situations) and use emotions.

5. Identify the factors associated with creativity, and describe the relationship between creativity and intelligence. Creativity

Creativity is the ability to produce ideas that are both novel and valuable. High intelligence is a sign of high creativity. Because when being creative you use certain parts of the brain that is also used in intelligent thinking.

6. Describe the relationship between intelligence and brain anatomy.

Smarter people = Larger Brain.

7. Discuss findings on the correlations between perceptual speed, neural processing speed, and intelligence.

People who score higher on IQ tests also retrieve info faster.