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Having or displaying good intellectual skills, such as having a understanding of
information and quick retrieval conceptual knowledge. General intelligence is based on the premise that all cognitions and levels of
general intelligence varies from individual to individual.
What Defines Intelligence ?
General intelligence is called the “g factor” due to the idea of one having a general intelligence that impacts mental ability measures. The emergence of general intelligence was first introduced by Charles Spearman in 1904. According to Spearman, this “g factor” was responsible for overall performance on mental ability tests and it is measured by a single number, such as an IQ score.
(Berger, K. 2014).
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
Fluid intelligence- Basic intelligence that is quick and easy to learn, such as completing puzzles or retrieving information from short-term memory.
Crystalized intelligence- Refers to a certain intellectual ability that has accumulated overtime, such as vocabulary or perhaps certain aspects of historically-related events.
Many psychologist believes that crystalized intelligence increases overtime, and that fluid intelligence gradually declines
Two clusters of intelligence:Fluid intelligence
crystalized intelligence
Sternburg’s 3 Forms of Intelligence
Related Issues Mental processes
involved
Analytic Intelligence Abstract Planning Strategizing Focused Attention Information
Processing Verbal Skills Logic
Creative Intelligence Imagination Appreciating the
unexpected Originality Vision
Practical Intelligence Ability to adapt
behaviors Understanding real
problems Ability to apply
knowledge and skills
Valued for Analyzing Learning and
understanding Remembering Thinking
Intellectual flexibility
Originality Future hopes Artists, musicians
Adaptability Concrete
Knowledge Real-world
challenges
Indicated for Multiple-choice tests
Brief essays Recall of
information
Inventiveness Innovation Resourcefulness Ingenuity
Performance in real situations
“Street smarts” Survival skills
AGE AND CULTURE
Cognitive Artifacts-Ideas passed down from generation to generation.
Sternburg contends that “many very smart people turn a blind eye to wars, poverty, political atrocities, starvation, and disease”(Strenburg, 2013. pg. 188).
Hurricane KatrinaSeptember 2011 World Trade Center
Accumulating StressorsEvents or experiences that causes people to feel stressed. Some situations may be
stressors for some people and not for others
Avoidant Coping- Refers to handling stress by avoiding, ignoring, forgetting, or hiding it.
Problem-focused coping-A form of strategic coping by directly addressing it.
Emotion-focused coping-To deal with stress by strategically changing the way that we feel about the stressor, rather than changing the stressor itself.
COPING METHODS
Weathering- the accumulation of different stressors overtime. It minimizes a person’s resiliency.
Religious coping-When people rely on their faith to handle stressful situations.
COPING METHODS: