1. Ch.9 Sect.1: What is Intelligence?

2. What you will learn in this section…
Intelligence vs. Achievement
Charles Spearman
Louis Thurstone
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
Emotional Intelligence

3. Intelligence Vs. Achievement
It focuses on things you know and can do
Specific content…
U.S. History example
Intelligence can provide the basis for achievement
Intelligence—

4. Spearman’s Two-Factor Theory
British psychologist
All behaviors we consider to be intelligent…
Factor is g
Ability to reason and solve problems
S factor

5. Thurstone’s Theory of Primary Mental Abilities
8 factors
Visual/spatial
Perceptual speed
Numerical ability
Verbal meaning
Memory
Word fluency
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning

6. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
7 different intelligences
Linguistic
Logical-mathematical
Visual-spatial
Bodily-kinesthetic
Musical-rhythmic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Different areas of the brain

7. Gardner Gardner proposed different intelligences… Thurstone…
Various intelligences exist side by side but..
Can change over time
Critics with musical and bodily-kinesthetic

8. Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory
Believes different kinds of intelligences all work together
3 level model
Analytic—
Creative—
Practical—
Example

9. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence consists of 5 factors
Self Awareness—
Mood Management—
Self-motivation—
Impulse control—
People skills—