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Exploring Language, Problem Solving, and Intelligence in Adulthood

Chapter 7 delves into the intricate relationships between language, cognitive functioning, and problem-solving abilities in adults. It examines how cognitive aspects such as hearing and speech deficits affect intelligence and integration of experiences. The discussion includes the transformation of current situations into desired outcomes and highlights the influence of aging on processing speed, working memory, and the impact of emotional and multiple intelligences. These insights enrich our understanding of wisdom, selective optimization, and the intricacies of adult intelligence across diverse perspectives.

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Exploring Language, Problem Solving, and Intelligence in Adulthood

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  1. Chapter 7 Language, Problem Solving, and Intelligence

  2. Language • Cognitive Aspects • Hearing & Speech deficits • Retrieval & WM deficits • Compensating Factors: • Social Aspects • Reminiscing • Elderspeak

  3. everyday problem solving:…characteristics of problem solving • Assess current situation • Decide what is desired end-state • Transform current to desired state

  4. everyday problem solving:…characteristics of problem solving in adulthood Negative changes Positive changes • speed of processing • Working memory • More top-down mistakes • experience • efficient storage • Finding relevant information

  5. problem-finding and post-formal operations…Piagetian stages Post-formal operational??? Formal operational Concrete operational Preoperational Sensorimotor

  6. Intelligence • G = general intelligence • Gc = Crystallized Intelligence • Gf = Fluid Intelligence

  7. theoretical perspectives on adult intelligence… alternative views of intelligence • Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences • Emotional intelligence • Sternberg’s Triarchic theory • Sternberg’s theory of successful intelligence

  8. empirical evidence on adult intelligence… individual differences in PMA patterns • Health status • Sensory abilities • Frontal lobe functioning • Gender • Life complexity • Personality flexibility vs. rigidity • Intellectual self-efficacy

  9. the psychology of wisdom… background concepts • Plasticity and reserve capacity • Testing the limits • Selective optimization with compensation • Pragmatics vs. Mechanics

  10. the psychology of wisdom… Baltes model

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