What Is Intelligence? What skills or characteristics do “smart people” possess? VVerbal??...
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What Is Intelligence?
What skills or characteristics do “smart people” possess?
Verbal??
Problem Solving?
Practical??
Defined: Intelligence is an ability to master information that a culture deems important.
Has the concept of intelligence changed over time?
Intelligence Quotient Tests
Stanford - Binet:
MA/CA X 100 =IQ
The Wechsler IQ Test
Performance
Verbal
Typical IQs by Profession140:
130:
120:
110:
100+:
100-:
90:
Top Civil Servants; Professors and Scientists.
Physicians; Lawyers; Engineers
Foremen; Clerks; Telephone Operators; Salesmen; Policemen; Electricians.
Machine Operators; Shopkeepers; Butchers; Welders; Sheet Metal Workers.Warehousemen; Carpenters; Cooks and Bakers; Small Farmers; Truck Drivers.
School Teachers; Pharmacists; Accountants; Nurses; Stenographers; Managers.
Laborers; Gardeners; Farmhands; Miners; Factory Packers.
Problems With IQ Tests
Cultural Bias= Asian American score 10-15 pts higher
than Caucasian Americans, followed by African Americans, and then Hispanic Americans
Gender Bias= Traditional education favors males? Do IQ Scores predict “life success ?”
Is EQ or IQ a better predictor of life
success?
Howard Gardeners Theory:
Multiple Intelligences:
Linguistic Logic-mathematical Spatial Musical Bodily-Kinesthetic Personal