Charles Spearman's General Intelligence (g factor) theory

A basic intelligencepredicts our abilities all areas

Abilities such as verbal and spatial do have a tendency to correlate

Human abilities are toodiverse to be encapsulatedin one single intelligencefactor

L.L.Thrustine's Primary Mental Abilitiestheory

Our intelligence can be broken down into 7 different factors:including verbal, spatial, numerical, reasoning and memory skills

A cluster of ability scoresare more informativethan a single g factor

Score on these 7 abilities tend to cluster togetherstill suggesting a generalintelligence

Howard Gardner'sMultiple Intelligencetheory

Robert Sternberg'sTriarchic Intelligencetheory

Our abilities can be classified into 8 distinct and independentintelligence areas

Our intelligence can be classified into three distinct and independentareas that usually predictreal world outcomes

Human abilities are far reaching and should include more than just verbal and mathskills

All three ability levels can be easily measured

Can all human abilities be an indicator of intelligence?What is the difference betweenintelligence and talent?Do these three areas really predict success? Aren't these three factorspart of an underlying g factor?

Analytical (traditional intelligence)

Creative

Practical (common sense)

comparing, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing

inventing, designing

applying, utilizing

verbal­linguistic

logical­mathmatical

bodily­kinsthetic

visual­spatial

musical­rhythmic

interpersonal (understanding others)

intrapersonal(understanding self)

naturalistic

reading comprehension, poetrywriting, motivational speaking

science, math, logic

balance, strength, endurance

geometry, logistics, surveying,architecture

composing and analyzing music

working in cooperative groups,active listening

introspection

promotion of the aspectsof nature

Ernest HemingwayEdgar Allen PoeAlbert EinsteinRobert JarvikScott HamiltonKristi YamaguchiPablo PicassoFrank Llyod Wright

BeethovenJohn Lennon

Pope John Paul IIGhandi

Sigmund Freud

Jane Goodall

Developed the first intelligence test for the purpose of assessing if a child needed special attention for academic development. He theorized through "dull" (young child abilities) and "bight" (older child abilities) studies that humans have a mental age­­ the age that would correspond to the difficulty level for which a child can answer questions.

A professor at Stanford who adapted Binet's mental age IQ test for use with American school children. A modernized version of the Stanford­Binet IQ test is still used in schools today.

Developed the intelligence quotient or IQ which calculated by the following equation: IQ = mental age x 100 chronological ageex. a 10 yr old who can answer 12 yr old problems has an IQ of 120

Developed the most widely used IQ tests today (WAIS, WISC).He also formulated the bell shaped curve which describes IQ scores for the human population.

Only 2% of the human population has an IQ score below 70.The percentages on this chart are for that 2%.

Savant SyndromeIQs usually range between 25­50 and yet they posses extreme abilities in certain specific areas (music, numbers, art etc...). Many savants are • autistic• male• lacking adequate verbal skills

Twin studies show that intelligence test scores for twins are more similar than scores for either siblings who grow up together or unrelated individuals who grow up together. Environmental effects are apparent in the identical twin studies raised apart. Heredity's role is apparent in studies of fraternal twins raised together.

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