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Chapter 8
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Intelligence
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Defining Intelligence
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 Consensus difficult

 “Intelligent” behaviors
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change with age.


 Most suggest:
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 Verbal ability
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 Practical problem solving


 Social competence
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Intelligence Testing
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 Binet and Simon (1908)


 Mental ability
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 Memory and reasoning


 Verbal and nonverbal items
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 Associated increasing difficulty with age


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 Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (1916)


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Fluid and Crystallized


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Fluid Crystallized

 Depends on basic  Skills that depend on:


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information-  Accumulated
knowledge
processing skills:
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 Experience
 Detecting relationships
 Good judgment
among stimuli
 Mastery of social
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 Analytical speed conventions


 Working memory  Valued by person’s
culture
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Carroll’s Hierarchical
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Model of Intelligence
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Figure 8.1
Adapted from Carroll, 1993, 2005. Photos: (left) © J. Burleson/Alamy; (right) © Jeff Greenberg/PhotoEdit.
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Factor Analysis and


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Componential Analysis
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Factor Analysis Componential Analysis



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 Identifies sets of test  Examines


items that cluster relationships between
together information-
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 People who do well on processing


one item do well on components and
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others in cluster children’s


(factor). performance on
intelligence tests
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Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory


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of Successful Intelligence
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Figure 8.2
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Gardner’s Multiple
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Intelligences
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 Linguistic

 Logico-mathematical
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 Musical

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Spatial
 Bodily-kinesthetic
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 Naturalist
 Interpersonal
 Intrapersonal
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Measuring Intelligence
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Group Tests Individual Tests


 Allow testing of large  Examiners need


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groups training and


 Require little training experience.
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to administer  Provide insights about


accuracy of score
 Useful for instructional
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planning  Identify highly


intelligent children and
 Identify students who
also those with
need individual testing
learning problems
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Emotional Intelligence
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 Positively associated
with self-esteem,

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empathy, prosocial
behavior, cooperation,
and leadership skills
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 Negatively associated
with dependency,
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depression, and
aggressive behavior
 Educators see value of skills practice.
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Commonly Used
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Intelligence Tests
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• Stanford-Binet

Individual Tests
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• Wechsler (WISC–IV)
• SAT
Aptitude Tests
• ACT
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Achievement Tests Classroom tests


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• Bayley Scales
Infant Tests
• Fagan Test
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Items from

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Intelligence
Tests for
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Children
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Figure 8.3
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Tests for Infants


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 Bayley–III

 Cognitive Scale
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 Language Scale
 Motor Scale
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 Social-Emotional Scale
based on parental report

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Adaptive Behavior Scale


 Developmental Quotients (DQs)
 Primarily for screening
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A Normal Distribution of
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Intelligence Test Scores


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Figure 8.4
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Stability of IQ Scores
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Correlational Absolute Scores


Stability Stability
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 Compares how  Examines same child’s


children score relative profile of scores over
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to agemates, from one repeated testings


time to the next  Most children fluctuate.
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 Better correlations  Some either increase


when older at first or decrease with age.
testing/when tests are
close together
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Environmental Cumulative
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Deficit Hypothesis
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 Negative effects of

underprivileged increase
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the longer it lasts.


 Early cognitive deficits lead
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to more deficits.
 Harder and harder to
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overcome

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IQ as a Predictor
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Academic Correlated with achievement test


Achievement scores, grades, staying in school


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• IQ predicts adult attainment well,


Occupational but not perfectly.
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Attainment • Personality, practical intelligence


also important
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• Moderately correlated
Psychological
• Low IQ related to school failure,
Adjustment antisocial behavior, depression
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For Discussion:
Identifying Factors Related to Academic
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and Vocational Success


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List all of the qualities and skills that you believe are
important for academic and vocational success. How many

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of these qualities and skills are assessed by traditional


intelligence tests? Are any consistent with Sternberg’s
triarchic theory of successful intelligence or Gardner’s
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theory of multiple intelligences? Do you think these


qualities and skills are important for people in different
cultures? Why or why not?
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Racial Distributions of IQ
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Figure 8.5
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Genetics and IQ
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Greater genetic similarity = greater IQ


similarity

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Figure 8.6
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Adapted from Bouchard & McGue, 1981; Scarr, 1997.


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Heritability
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 Heritability of IQ is higher under


advantaged than disadvantaged rearing

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conditions.
 Poverty, poor prenatal care, family stress, low-
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quality schools, poor community support


 Richard Lewontin’s example: different
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seeds in different soil


 Within group → heredity
 Between groups → environmental
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Adoption and IQ
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Figure 8.8
Adapted from Loehlin, Horn, & Willerman, 1997.
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Genetic or Cultural Groupings


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 Wide genetic variation within races,


minimal variation between races


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 Racial labeling
 Arbitrary
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 Unclear boundaries
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 Extensive ethnic mixing (multiracial)


 Not a basis for psychological testing
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Cultural Bias in Testing


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Two views:

1. Tests not biased; represent success in


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the common culture


2. Cultural factors can hurt test
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performance.
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 Communication styles
 Culture-specific content
 Stereotypes
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Communication Styles
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Higher SES, whites Low SES, minorities


 Knowledge-training  Real questions


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questions  Topic-associating
 Topic-focused story style
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story style  Collaborative


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 Hierarchical task task style


style
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Effects of Stereotype
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Threat on Performance
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Figure 8.10
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Adapted from McKown & Weinstein, 2003.


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Reducing Cultural
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Bias in Testing
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 Combine tests with


assessment of
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adaptive behavior
 Dynamic assessment
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 Focus on learning
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processes
 Adult–child learning Figure 8.11
relationship cultivated Adapted from Tzuriel & Kaufman, 1999.
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High-Stakes Testing
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 U.S. No Child Left Behind Act


 Identifies “passing” and “failing” schools

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 Teachers “teaching to tests”


 Promotes a one-size-fits-all education that
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is insensitive to student diversity


 Neglects gifted and talented children
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 Promotes fear
 Contrasts sharply with teaching for deeper
understanding
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Home Environmental
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Influences
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Shared

 Similarly affects all


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siblings
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Nonshared
 Makes siblings
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another
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Shared Environmental
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 Home environmental qualities



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 HOME checklist
 Moderately linked to mental development
 Declines in middle childhood
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 Gene–environment correlation
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 Family beliefs about intellectual success


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Nonshared Environmental
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Influences
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 Birth order


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Spacing
 Sibling relationships
 Parental favorites
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 Assigned roles
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 Different impact of family


events
 Unpredictable, unique events
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Early Intervention
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 Project Head Start


 1–2 years preschool

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 Nutritional and health services


 Parental involvement
 Long-term benefits of early intervention
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 Better early school IQ, achievement


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 Less special education


 More high school graduation, college enrollment
 Lower drug use, teen pregnancy, delinquency
 Future: two-generation approach
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Outcomes of
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Preschool Intervention
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Figure 8.12
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Adapted from Schweinhart et al., 2005; Schweinhart, 2010.


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IQ Improvement from
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Carolina Abecedarian Project


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Figure 8.13
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Adapted from Campbell et al., 2001.


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Strengthening Early
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Intervention
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 Reach children early


 Well-educated, well-compensated teachers


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 Generous teacher–child ratios


 Small class sizes
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 Offer intensive intervention


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 Emphasize parent involvement, education and


support
 Focus on whole child
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Head Start REDI Program


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Language and Literacy Gains


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Figure 8.14
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Adapted from Bierman et al., 2008.


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For Discussion:
Supporting Mental Development
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in Infants and Toddlers


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Pretend that you have been asked to speak to a group of


parents with very young children. Using research in the text

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as a guide, describe environmental factors that promote


favorable mental development in infants and toddlers. What
environmental factors tend to undermine mental
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development? Why are high-quality child care and/or early


intervention especially important for low-income infants and
toddlers?
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Resources Necessary
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for Creativity
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Cognitive Personality

 Problem finding  Innovative thinking


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 Alternating divergent, style


convergent thinking  Curiosity
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 Insight processes  Intellectual risk taking


 Knowledge  Tolerance of ambiguity
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 Courage of one’s
convictions
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Resources Necessary
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for Creativity
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Motivational Environmental

 Task-focused  Stimulating settings


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 Intellectual curiosity  Systematic teaching to


encouraged build talent
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 Intrinsic motivation  Time available


emphasis  Encourage originality
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 Occasional rewards
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