Intelligence

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Intelligence as process instead of Content

How individuals intelligence differ in process of intelligence vs content of

Guildford and Gardner multiple cognitive abilities

Spearman (1927) called intelligence factor"g" but also added there were other specific abilities eg recall.

Definition Ability that affects performance on all cognitively oriented tasks

what could explain those results

moderate to high correlation on all different ability tests

eg maths poetry history

Main topic

Sternberg's triarchic theory

Cortextual intelligence- problem solving in specific situations

Experiential - ability to formulate new ideas and combine unrelated facts.

Componential - ability to think abstractly, verbal abilities.

Subtopic

Multiple intelligence by Gardner

Some psychologists insist despite correlations there are several separate primary mental abilities.

Thurstone (1938)

verbal comprehension, memory,reasoning, spatial ability etc