2. Having or displaying good intellectual skills, such
as having a understanding of information and
quick retrieval conceptual knowledge. General
intelligence is based on the premise that all
cognitions and levels of general intelligence varies
from individual to individual.
3. General intelligence is called the “g
factor” due to the idea of one having a
general intelligence that impacts
mental ability measures. The
emergence of general intelligence was
first introduced by Charles Spearman
in 1904. According to Spearman, this
“g factor” was responsible for overall
performance on mental ability tests
and it is measured by a single number,
such as an IQ score.
(Berger, K. 2014).
GENERAL
INTELLIGENCE
4. Fluid intelligence- Basic intelligence that is quick and easy to
learn, such as completing puzzles or retrieving information from
short-term memory.
Crystalized intelligence- Refers to a certain intellectual ability that
has accumulated overtime, such as vocabulary or perhaps certain
aspects of historically-related events.
Many psychologist believes that crystalized intelligence increases
overtime, and that fluid intelligence gradually declines
6. Sternburg’s 3 Forms of Intelligence
Related Issues
Mental processes
involved
Analytic Intelligence
Abstract Planning
Strategizing
Focused Attention
Information Processing
Verbal Skills
Logic
Creative Intelligence
Imagination
Appreciating the
unexpected
Originality
Vision
Practical Intelligence
Ability to adapt
behaviors
Understanding real
problems
Ability to apply
knowledge and skills
Valued for Analyzing
Learning and
understanding
Remembering
Thinking
Intellectual flexibility
Originality
Future hopes
Artists, musicians
Adaptability
Concrete Knowledge
Real-world challenges
Indicated for Multiple-choice tests
Brief essays
Recall of information
Inventiveness
Innovation
Resourcefulness
Ingenuity
Performance in real
situations
“Street smarts”
Survival skills
7. AGE AND CULTURE
Cognitive Artifacts-Ideas
passed down from generation to
generation.
Sternburg contends that “many very smart
people turn a blind eye to wars, poverty,
political atrocities, starvation, and
disease”(Strenburg, 2013. pg. 188).
8. Hurricane KatrinaSeptember 2011 World Trade
Center
Accumulating Stressors
Events or experiences that causes people to feel stressed. Some situations may be stressors
for some people and not for others
9. Avoidant Coping- Refers to handling stress by avoiding,
ignoring, forgetting, or hiding it.
Problem-focused coping-A form of strategic coping by
directly addressing it.
Emotion-focused coping-To deal with stress by
strategically changing the way that we feel about the
stressor, rather than changing the stressor itself.
COPING METHODS
10. Weathering- the accumulation of different stressors
overtime. It minimizes a person’s resiliency.
Religious coping-When people rely on their faith to
handle stressful situations.
COPING METHODS:
