What Is Intelligence?

What skills or characteristics do “smart people” possess?

Verbal??

Problem Solving?

Practical??

Defined: Intelligence is an ability to master information that a culture deems important.

Has the concept of intelligence changed over time?

Intelligence Quotient Tests

Stanford - Binet:

MA/CA X 100 =IQ

The Wechsler IQ Test

Performance

Verbal

Typical IQs by Profession140:

130:

120:

110:

100+:

100-:

90:

Top Civil Servants; Professors and Scientists.

Physicians; Lawyers; Engineers

Foremen; Clerks; Telephone Operators; Salesmen; Policemen; Electricians.

Machine Operators; Shopkeepers; Butchers; Welders; Sheet Metal Workers.Warehousemen; Carpenters; Cooks and Bakers; Small Farmers; Truck Drivers.

School Teachers; Pharmacists; Accountants; Nurses; Stenographers; Managers.

Laborers; Gardeners; Farmhands; Miners; Factory Packers.

Problems With IQ Tests

Cultural Bias= Asian American score 10-15 pts higher

than Caucasian Americans, followed by African Americans, and then Hispanic Americans

Gender Bias= Traditional education favors males? Do IQ Scores predict “life success ?”

Is EQ or IQ a better predictor of life

success?

Howard Gardeners Theory:

Multiple Intelligences:

Linguistic Logic-mathematical Spatial Musical Bodily-Kinesthetic Personal