Psychology Chapter 9: Thinking & Intelligence

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: ability to use language to express and understand complex meanings

Who commissioned Alfred Binet?

Who did Alfred Binet work with?

actual age in number of years

determining set procedures that are used whenever test is given/giving test to people across desired reference group

the capacity to process information and develop solutions to problems

the moment at which the solution to a problem suddenly becomes clear

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: ability to understand and use visual information in the real and abstract world

facts, information, and details that we have learned over our lifetime.

Sternberg’s theory of intelligence: solving day to day challenges in a particular field

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: ability to think logically, reason mathematically, and understand complex concepts

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: ability to perceive, understand, & express musical forms like rhythm, pitch, and timbre

Sternberg’s theory of intelligence: problem-solving and reasoning abilities

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: ability to identify, understand, and interact with the natural world

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: ability to use the body to learn, express ideas, and solve problems

score is not biased by the test taker’s cultural and social background.

a measure of how dispersed the data is in relation to the mean and it was set to 15 dealing with IQ

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: ability to understand and interact with others effectively

Sternberg’s theory of intelligence: thinking outside the box and coming up with novel solutions to problems

A good intelligence test is not valid, reliable, and standardized

Gardner’s Eight Intelligences: understand/use knowledge of one’s thoughts, feelings, and motivations to guide life

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