INTELLIGENCE

THINKING
AND

LANGUAGE

INTELLIGENCE
- A very general mental capability that, among other things, involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience.

Eight Multiple Intelligences

Visual: Good with art and design Linguistic: Good with words Logical: Good with numbers and math Bodily: Good at action, movement and sports Musical: Good with music, tone and rhythm Interpersonal: Good at communicating with others Intrapersonal: Good at self-reflection Naturalistic: Good at appreciating the world and nature

Eight ways of being smart

Howard Gardner - is an American

developmental Psychologist at Harvard University

TRIARCHIC THEORY
- states that the intelligence can be divided into three ways of gathering and processing information

ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
IQ = MA x 100 CA IQ = intelligence quotient MA = mental age CA = chronological age

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TEST

Reliability - refers to consistency Validity - means that the test measures what it is supposed to
measure

LEVELS OF INTELLIGENCE

- is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood, characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors

THE TWO GENERAL CAUSES OF MENTAL RETARDATION

Organic - resulting from genetic problems or brain
damage

Cultural-familial - resulting from environmental

forces

CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL RETARDATION

MENTALLY GIFTED
- is someone who has exceptional

intellectual ability, creativity, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the
achievement of unprecedented insight

NATURE VS. NURTURE

THINKING

THINKING
- involves cognitive rearrangement or manipulation of both information from the environment and the symbols found in the long-term memory

CIRCLE OF THOUGHT

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

- is a form of communication based on a system of symbols that can be spoken, written, or signaled. - language plays an important role in memory and thinking, - language determines the way we think.

TYPES OF THINKING

TYPES OF THINKING
a. Problem solving

ALGORITHM
- is a set of rules will lead to the solution of the problem.

Heuristics - are shortcuts in problem solving.

THE NINE DOTS GAME

Connect all the nine dots by four straight lines without lifting your from the paper or retracing.

ANSWER:

CHANGING ONES MENTAL SET

Functional fixedness inability to think
outside the box

SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES IN PROBLEMSOLVING

a. b. c. d. e.

Preparation Incubation Illumination Evaluation Revision

B.

CREATIVE THINKING

- is a combination of flexibility in thinking and reorganization in understanding to produce innovative ideas and solutions.

Characteristics of Creative People a. sensible b. organized c. eclectic d. self-confident e. humble f. resilient g. self-motivated h. friendly

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
- linguistic is the study of of rules of any language while psychology studies the causes of individuals behavior

PRAGMATICS
- Speaking or writing in such a way as to have an effect on others.