04/22/14 Intelligence

• Intelligence- The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt new situations.
• Is socially constructed, thus, can be culturally specific. 
• Factor analysis- a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test. 
• Charles Spearman used FA to discover his general intelligence. 
• Multiple intelligences 
• Howard Gardner disagreed with Spearman's general intelligence and instead came up with the concept of multiple intelligences. 
• He came up with the idea by studying savants. ( a condition where a person has limited mental abilitybut is exceptional in one area.) 
• Gardner's multiple intelligences 
• Visual/ spatial 
• Verbal/ linguistic 
• Logical/ mathematical 
• Bodily/kinesthetic 
• Musical/ rhythmic 
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Natural 
• Sternberg's three aspects of intelligence 
• Gardner simplified
• Analytical