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Module 22 Intelligence

Module 22 Intelligence . What is Intelligence? By: Roger Kim, Susan Park. One General Ability or Several Specific Abilities? . Label people with the word “intelligence” or quantifying them with a number from some single scale

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Module 22 Intelligence

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  1. Module 22 Intelligence What is Intelligence? By: Roger Kim, Susan Park

  2. One General Ability or Several Specific Abilities? • Label people with the word “intelligence” or quantifying them with a number from some single scale • Factor Analysis: enables researchers to identify clusters of test items that measure a common ability • Ex) Peter could be good at memorizing vocabulary as well as paragraph comprehension this is a cluster

  3. Vocabulary Test • Vicissitude: a change of circumstance or fortune, usually unpleasant • Ubiquitous: present, appearing, found everywhere • Zephyr: soft gentle breeze

  4. Vicissitude?

  5. Ubiquitous?

  6. Zephyr?

  7. One General Ability or Several Specific Abilities? • Charles Spearman (1863-1945) • General intelligence (g): a factor that underlies the specific factors • Tendency of abilities to come in a package • G factor underlies all of our intelligent behavior • Ex) Peter might be good at generally everything

  8. One General Ability or Several Specific Abilities? • Howard Gardner (1983, 1993a,b, 1995) • Intelligence comes in different packages • Savant syndrome: a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing • They might score low on IQ tests, but have “an island of brilliance” • Ex) Although Peter might be good at vocab etc., he is not good at drawing

  9. Draw this

  10. One General Ability or Several Specific Abilities? • A general intelligence does not give much specific information • Robert Sternberg’s three aspects of intelligence: • Analytical (academic problem-solving) intelligence: assessed by intelligence tests which have a single right answer • Creative intelligence: reacting adaptively to new situations and generating new ideas • Practical intelligence: assessed by everyday tasks which have multiple solutions

  11. One General Ability or Several Specific Abilities? • Sternberg (1998, 1999) and Gardner (1998) agree that… • Multiple abilities can contribute to life success • The differing varieties of giftedness add spice to life and challenges for education

  12. IQ Test • Question 1: A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the _________ of nothing. •  Emotion •  Meaning •  Value •  Quality • Question 2: Water is to glass as letter is to... •  Stamp •  Envelope •  Pen •  Mail • Question 3: Even the most ________ rose has thorns. •  Weathered •  Ugly •  Beautiful •  Tempting

  13. Answers • A • B • A

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