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INTELLIGENCE THEORIES

INTELLIGENCE THEORIES. INTELLIGENCE VS. ACHIEVEMENT. Intelligence: ability to learn from experience Achievement: knowledge and skills gained from experience Involves specific content (Spanish, History, Art) Intelligence makes achievement possible by giving people the ability to learn.

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INTELLIGENCE THEORIES

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  1. INTELLIGENCE THEORIES

  2. INTELLIGENCE VS. ACHIEVEMENT • Intelligence: ability to learn from experience • Achievement: knowledge and skills gained from experience • Involves specific content (Spanish, History, Art) • Intelligence makes achievement possible by giving people the ability to learn

  3. CHARLES SPEARMAN’S TWO FACTOR THEORY • All behaviors to be considered intelligent have a common underlying factor • G Factor: general intelligence • Ability to reason and solve problems • S Factor: specific abilities • Writing, Music

  4. LOUIS THURSTONE’S THEORY OF PRIMARY MENTAL ABILITIES • 8 factors make up intelligence • Must have all 8 to be considered intelligent • Visual/spatial • Perceptual speed • Numerical ability • Verbal meaning • Memory • Word fluency • Deductive reasoning • Inductive reasoning

  5. HOWARD GARDNER’S THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES • Intelligence is based on different areas of the brain • Intellectual potentials can be tapped given the right environment • See attached handout

  6. THURSTONE VS. GARDNER • Thurstone: 8 factors, when taken together, make up intelligence • Gardner: different intelligences are independent of each other; may change over time • Criticism of Gardner: musical and bodily/kinesthetic are talents

  7. ROBERT STERNBERG’S TRIARCHIC THEORY 3 different kinds of intelligence all work together • Analytic: problem-solving skills • Creative: ability to deal with new situations • Practical: ability to accomplish everyday tasks

  8. DANIEL GOLEMAN’S EMOTIONAL INGELLIGENCE THEORY • 5 factors that are involved in success in school or on the job • Self-awareness: ability to recognize own feelings • Mood management: ability to distract oneself from an uncomfortable feeling • Self-motivation: ability to move ahead with confidence and enthusiasm

  9. DANIEL GOLEMAN’S EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THEORY • Impulse control: ability to delay pleasure until the task at hand has been accomplished • People skills: ability to empathize, understand, communicate and cooperate with others

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