Midterm
By Tricia Mitchell
 Intelligence is the cognitive abilities of an
individual to learn from experience, to
reason well, and cope with the demands of
daily living.
 Or
 The ability to analyze, evaluate , and
compare
 Ability to create, imagine ,and invent
 Ability to apply, implement, and utilize
 In the early years the (g) base on mechanical,
musical, and artistic abilities by Charles
Spearman
 Some Psychologist think that there were other
abilities, the Primary Mental Abilities to justify
this theory (Howard Gardner)
 Linguistic
 Logical-mathematical
 Musical
 Spatial
 Kinesthetic
 Interpersonal
 Intrapersonal
 Naturalistic intelligence
 Standardization-administer test the same
way to each individual
 Norms-used as basis of comparison for scores
on a test
 Objectivity-lack of subjectivity in a test
question so that same score is giving
regardless
 Reliability-a test ability to produce similar
scores if test is administer on different
occasion
 Validity-the extent to which a test measures
what it suppose to measure
 You only get out of the brain what you put in
it for intelligence
 Chapter 9 in Benjamin Lahey, Psychology:
Introduction (10th
) edition

Intelligence

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  • 2.
     Intelligence isthe cognitive abilities of an individual to learn from experience, to reason well, and cope with the demands of daily living.  Or  The ability to analyze, evaluate , and compare  Ability to create, imagine ,and invent  Ability to apply, implement, and utilize
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     In theearly years the (g) base on mechanical, musical, and artistic abilities by Charles Spearman  Some Psychologist think that there were other abilities, the Primary Mental Abilities to justify this theory (Howard Gardner)
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     Linguistic  Logical-mathematical Musical  Spatial  Kinesthetic  Interpersonal  Intrapersonal  Naturalistic intelligence
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     Standardization-administer testthe same way to each individual  Norms-used as basis of comparison for scores on a test  Objectivity-lack of subjectivity in a test question so that same score is giving regardless  Reliability-a test ability to produce similar scores if test is administer on different occasion  Validity-the extent to which a test measures what it suppose to measure
  • 7.
     You onlyget out of the brain what you put in it for intelligence
  • 8.
     Chapter 9in Benjamin Lahey, Psychology: Introduction (10th ) edition