Key: AWL to Study, Low-frequency Vocabulary
What is intelligence? What is multiple intelligence?

• Psychologists reject the notion that IQ tests accurately
assess general intelligence or measure full intellectual
capacity.
• Researchers suspect there may be better predictors for success in academic and professional spheres.
What is IQ? Do you think IQ tests can accurately measure a person’s full range of intelligence?

• IQ testing is too limited.
• A focus on verbal and logical skills leads to labeling of truly gifted people as underachievers.
What types of intelligence does an IQ test not measure?

• Positive evaluations by school teachers.
• Employment opportunities where IQ screening is part of the application process.
• IQ-equivalent entrance exams are required for college and university students in the US.
Are IQ tests used for university entrance or employment applications in your country?

• Gardner conducted brain research on brain-damaged individuals.
 He mapped nine regions of the brain that govern nine types of intellectual behavior.
 Individuals possess aptitude for all nine types but are strong in only three areas.
Which three types of intelligence do you possess?

• Strengths reflect working styles and career direction
 verbal: language instructor
 logical: engineer
 musical: composer
 visual: artist
 bodily-kinesthetic: dancer
 interpersonal: teacher
 intrapersonal: psychologist
 naturalistic: biologist
 existential: philosopher
Do your career goals match the types of intelligence you possess?

• Sternberg’s Theory of Successful Intelligence is based on social and environmental factors.
• Three sub-intelligences:
 analytic
 creative
 practical
Which type of intelligence do you think is most important for a successful life? Why?

• Skills and abilities:
 analyzing and evaluating various options
 academic problem-solving of tasks with one correct answer
• People with analytic intelligence often do well in school and are considered
“book smart.”
Do you possess analytic intelligence? Explain.

• Skills and abilities:
 generating unique and
appropriate solutions to novel problems
 resolving one issue in a variety of formats
• People with creative intelligence are “idea smart.”
Do you possess creative intelligence? Explain.

• Skills and abilities:
 dealing with everyday problems
 adapting to a new environment
• People with practical intelligence are
“street smart.”
Do you possess practical intelligence? Explain.

• The power to achieve a personal definition of success within a specific social and cultural milieu.
 Analytic intelligence or IQ measures academic achievement.
 However, the ability to generate ideas and common sense play a more significant role in determining success in the real world.
Do you agree that creative intelligence and practical intelligence are more important than IQ?

• Success begins with an assessment of personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Use this knowledge to make the most of strengths and overcome limitations.
• Create optimal life circumstances within a particular environment.
Do you make the most of your strengths to overcome limitations in your life?