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Psych 101: Chapter 10
Intelligence
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/21/2010

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Term
intelligence
Definition
mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
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kpelle experiment
Definition
asserted that intelligence varies across cultural boundaries; the people of the kpelle tribe understand and analyze categories differently than those in an american environment
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general intelligence (g)
Definition
a general intelligence factor that, according to spearman, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
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factor analysis
Definition
evidence for (g); the statistical procedure that recognizes high scores in one area of an intelligence test usually correlates to high scores in another
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gardner's multiple intelligences
Definition

believed in 8 different intelligences:

- linguistic

- logical (mathematical)

- musical

- spatial

- bodily (kinesthetic)

- intrapersonal

- interpersonal

- naturalist

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steinberg's multiple intelligences
Definition

triarchical view:

analytical - asserted by solving problems with a single well defined answer

creative - reacting to novel situations and generating new ideas

practical - includes solving ill-defined problems with multiple solutions

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