Chapter 10: Intelligence and Language

Activities

Exercises: Read & Learn

Exercise: Listen & Learn

Exercises: Think & Do

  1. The text describes some research into sex differences in particular kinds of tasks, while noting that the differences are small and only refer to average differences between men and women.  Why not see if your friends/family conform to these “averages”?  Devise a test of spatial ability (something to do with map reading perhaps) and one which requires people to identify emotions and try them both out on some men and some women.
  2. Can you Correctly Answer the Cognitive Reflection Test? Try this incredibly brief “intelligence test” then try it out on some friends and family.  Do you think it is a valid measure of intelligence?  If not, why not?
    (https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2013/06/24/can-you-correctly-answer-the-cognitive-reflection-test-83-percent-of-people-miss-at-least-1-question/)
  3. IQ-test.cc: This online IQ test focuses on perceptual reasoning.  Try it and see whether you think your score accurately captures your intelligence.  If not, what do you think is missing? (http://www.iq-test.cc/)

Exercise: Watch & Learn

Robert J. Sternberg – Successful Intelligence: In this video, Sternberg expands on his triarchic theory with the concept of “successful intelligence” and its application in the classroom.  Do you think his theory captures important aspects of your intelligence?  If so, how has this impacted your educational experience?
Can you think of how the topic of intelligence could be taught/tested in ways that would work for people with (a) analytical, (b) creative and (c) practical strengths?

Video 10.1: Robert J. Sternberg – Successful Intelligence, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow05B4bjGWQ) uploaded by Bob Greenberg.


References

BBC iPlayer Radio 4. (2014, May 5).  Intelligence: Born Smart, Born Equal, Born Different [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041xbxc

The Brainwaves Video Anthology. (2014, October 27).  Robert J. Sternberg – Successful Intelligence [Video File].  Retrieved from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow05B4bjGWQ

CBC News. (2016). Physically active math, spelling lessons multiply academic success.  Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/physical-activity-class-lessons-1.3460346

The Guardian. (2016). Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers.  Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/14/genie-feral-child-los-angeles-researchers

The Guardian. (2017).  Girls believe brilliance is a male trait, research into gender stereotypes shows. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/26/girls-believe-brilliance-is-a-male-trait-research-into-gender-stereotypes-shows

Indy100 from Independent.  2017.  Marsden, Harriett.   Study: IQ doesn’t equal intelligence.  Retrieved from https://www.indy100.com/article/iq-level-test-intelligence-myth-new-study-neuron-journal-7599446

IQ-Test.cc (2018). IQ Test. Retrieved from http://www.iq-test.cc/

Smithsonian.com. (2016).  Getting to the bottom of how Apes think.
Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/getting-bottom-how-apes-think-180961151/

Sternber, T.  Successful Intelligence, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow05B4bjGWQ) uploaded by Bob Greenberg.

Talwalkar, P. (2013, June 24).  Can you correctly answer the cognitive reflection test? (83% of people miss at least 1 question) [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2013/06/24/can-you-correctly-answer-the-cognitive-reflection-test-83-percent-of-people-miss-at-least-1-question/

 

 

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