m30Intelligence

OutcomesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to

– Describe the nature of intelligence

– Discuss whether intelligence should be considered a general mental ability or many specific abilities

– Identify the factors associated with creativity, and describe the relationship between creativity and intelligence

– Describe efforts to correlate intelligence with brain anatomy, brain functioning , and cognitive processing speed.

List the attributes of an intelligent person that you know:

List the attributes of an unintelligent person that you know:

Conclusion“Intelligence” involves:

12 Findings about intelligence:

1. Intelligence is associated with some simple abilities

2. School attendance correlates with intelligence

3. Intelligence does not correlate with birth order

4. Intelligence is related to breast feeding

5. IQ varies by birth date

6. IQ evens out with age

7. Intelligence is plural, not singular

8. IQ is corrolated with head size

9. Intelligence scores are predictive of real-world outcomes

10.Intelligence depends on context

11.The average IQ is increasing

12.IQ may be influenced by diet

Multiple Intelligences

Charles Spearman advocated the idea of one, single general intelligence, or g.

• He pointed out that even though individuals make have special talents, if an individual has one high ability, they tend to be high in others.

Howard Gardner argues that there are multiple intelligences including

• Linguistic

• Logical-mathematical

• Musical

• Bodily-kinesthetic

• Spatial

• Interpersonal

• Intrapersonal

• Naturalist

Robert Sternberg argues that these multiple-intelligences can be boiled down to three general components of “successful intelligence”:

• Analytical problem-solving

• Creative intelligence

• Practical intelligence

• In addition to academic intelligences, Peter Salovey and John Mayer point to the importance of emotional intelligence:

• the ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions.

• Individuals with high EQ often succeed in careers, marriages, and parenting where academically smarter people fail.

Intelligence & Creativity

List the attributes of a creative person that you know:

• Creativity is the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas (textbook)

• Research finds that creativity involves:

• expertise

• imaginative thinking skills

• a venturesome personality

• intrinsic motivation

• a creative environment

Why are people creative?

Research finds that people are motivated to be creative by a

• need for novel, varied, and complex stimulation

• need to communicate ideas and values

• need to solve problems

the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others

Intelligence & Neurology

• There is a correlation between IQ and the speed of processing

• There is a small correlation between head size and IQ

• The largest correlation is between efficient glucose consumption and IQ