Models of Intelligence

Models of Intelligence

1. Psychometric

   • Factor Analysis
   • Measurement
   • Intelligence Tests
   • Individual differences in intelligence

2. Biological

   • Studying the brain
     • Case Studies
     • Neuroimaging
   • Intelligence and brain structure
     • Damaged frontal lobe can have a decline on intellectual functioning
   • Neuroimaging
     • Correlation between IQ and brain size (grey matter)
     • Heredity and learning difficult skills impacts brain size
   • More Neuroimaging
     • Measuring brain activity while participants complete an intelligence test
     • More intelligent ppl use their brains efficiently and use less energy to solve problems

3. Contextual

   • Intelligence is only relevant to the culture it is measured by
   • Takes into account cleverness and the effects of culture on child
   • Does not take into account that some individuals are better at responding to intellectual challenges than others