Gen Psych F12 Lecture Guide Chapter 7 Thinking Language and Intelligences Based in part on the text PsychSmart McGraw Hill 2013 What is Cognition What do we call the psychologists that study it Sample of Topics Studied What is a major theme Mental Images What are they and how do they help Concepts What are they and why develop them how do they help Problem Solving See Handout from Class Intelligence What is intelligence Intelligence over the years 1 What do these theories theorists have to say about intelligence 1 Spearman General intelligence g factor Specific intelligences s factors 2 Cattell and Horn 1963 1997 Crystallized Fluid Changes over time 3 Gardner multiple intelligences A Analytic Intelligence B Creative Intelligence C Practical Intelligence Current thoughts about g Verbal linguistic Musical Logical mathematical visual spatial Movement Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalist Existentialist 4 Sternberg triarchic theory of intelligence 2 Understanding IQ scores What is IQ intelligence quotient How is it measured What does it mean if a test is reliable What does it mean if a test is valid Can you have reliability without validity and what would that mean Can you have validity without reliability why not Specific IQ Values What do they mean What IQ qualifies someone as gifted as genius How many are gifted What do we know about the gifted see handout from class 3 What criteria must be met to receive a diagnosis mental retardation 1 2 3 How many people qualify What is a learning disability How much of our IQ seems to be inherited what is the reaction range What do we know about some of the environmental contributors to intelligence Are we getting smarter over time What is this effect called What types of skills are improving What things are associated with IQ what does IQ predict and how well Are IQ tests good or bad 4
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