Psy 12000.003 1 2 What is Intelligence? Conceptual Difficulties Intelligence (in all cultures) is the ability to learn from experience‚ solve problems‚ and use our knowledge to adapt to new situations. This is the conceptual definition. Psychologists believe that intelligence is a concept and not a thing. Unfortunately‚ it is treated like a thing…a real thing. In research studies‚ intelligence is whatever the intelligence test measures. This tends to be “school smarts” and it tends to be culture-specific
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Department of Health and Human Services (2008). Long-Term Consequences Child Abuse and Neglect‚ Retrieved April 4‚ 2012 from http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_consequences.cfm U.S Department of Justice‚ Office of Justice Programs (2003). Risk and Protective Factors of Child Delinquency‚ Retrieved February 6‚ 2012 from http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/193409.pdf McCord‚ J. (1983) A Forty-year Perspective on Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect. Widom‚ C. S. and Maxfield M.
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or orientations of individuals (Michael‚ 2003). This assessment proposes that the four pairs of opposite produce 16 qualitative types of descriptors (McCrae & Costa‚ 1989). The first pair EI measures
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intelligences. Not only will it create a stimulating and nurturing learning environment to all learners but it will also diminish labels and stereotypes about intelligence. 2. Multiple Intelligence Theory Howard Gardner developed a revolutionary viewpoint. In 1983 Gardner presented a Theory of Multiple Intelligences in his book Frames of Mind. According to him a person’s intellect does not depend on independent abilities working together to create a general intelligence. His theory distinguished
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http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ Huang‚ S Koedel‚ C.‚ & Techapaisarnjaroenkit‚ T. (2012). The relative performance of head start. Eastern Economic Journal‚ 38(2)‚ 251-275. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/eej.2011.9 .Lucy‚ H . Raver‚ C. C.‚ & Zigler‚ E. F. (2004). Another step back? assessing readiness in head start. YC Young Children‚ 59(1)‚ 58-63. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/197693149?accountid=12085 Sandel‚ L Vinovskis‚ M. A. (1993). Early childhood education: Then and
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Fawole‚ F.O and Osungbade‚ K. O. (2011‚ April) Experience and Perpetuation of Violence among Secondary School Students in Ibadan Nigeria. Sierra Leone Journal of Psychological Research. 3 (1)‚ Pp 27 - 35 Ayanniyi‚ B Colman‚ A. M (2003) Oxford Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Dray‚ S. (2012) Unplanned Pregnancy Statistics. Retreieved on the 25th of May 2012 from www.ehow.com/about-4611925-unplannedpregnancy-statistic.html Gross (2010) Psychology:
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EFFECTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENE ON STUDENTS PERFORMANCE ON NATL ACHIEVEMENT TEST In the beginning‚ psychologists focused on cognitive constructs like memory and problem solving in their first attempt to write on intelligence. This did not last when researchers begun to challenge this orientation and recognized that there are other non-cognitive aspects of intelligence. For instance‚ Robert Thorndike wrote about social intelligence in 1937. And as early as 1943‚ Wechsler‚D. (1943) proposed
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Strong‚ & Perini‚ 1997). Almost 80 years after the first intelligence tests were developed‚ Howard Gardner challenged the idea that intelligence is something that can be objectively measured and reduced to a single quotient or score. Gardner proposed in Frames of Mind‚ (1983) there were at least seven‚ basic intelligences. Since then‚ an 8th has been added (Checkley‚ 1997; Roper and Davis‚ 2000). Gardner sought to broaden the perception of human potential beyond the confines of traditional IQ scores
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