TWO KINDS OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

• GENERAL INTELLIGENCE is composed of a number of different abilities that interact and work together to produce overall individual intelligence
• TWO KINDS OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE?

  1. Fluid Intelligence
  2. Crystallized Intelligence
• FLUID INTELLIGENCE


  global capacity to reason
• FLUID INTELLIGENCE


  ability to learn new things
• FLUID INTELLIGENCE


  think abstractly and solve problems
• FLUID INTELLIGENCE


  ability to reason abstractly and think flexibly
• FLUID INTELLIGENCE


  considered independent of LEARNING, EXPERIENCE, and EDUCATION
• FLUID INTELLIGENCE


  decreases after adolescence
• Examples of FLUID INTELLIGENCE are IDENTIFYING PATTERNS, SOLVING PUZZLES, DEVELOPING PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES (RULES OF THUMB), FILTERING OUT IRRELEVANT INFORMATION, and AVOIDING MENTAL FIXATION
• CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE


  prior learning and past experiences
• CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE


  based on facts
• CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE


  increases with age
• CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE


  the knowledge, verbal, and numerical skills obtained through learning and experience
• CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE


  facts and rooted experience
• Examples of CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE are READING COMPREHENSION and VOCABULARY EXAM
• FLUID


  • Nature
  • Cognitive Capacities, Pattern Recognition, and Inductive Reasoning (Problem-Solving)
  • Neurolophysiological Base - dependent on the state of brain and nervous system
  • Decrease after Adolescence (mid 20s)
  • Short-Term
• CRYSTALLIZED


  • Nurture
  • Learned Facts, Verbal, and General Knowledge
  • Depth and Breadth of General Knowledge
  • Application of Skills and Knowledge for Problem-Solving
  • Increase throughout Adulthood (70)
  • Long-Term