Cognition and Inteligence

Cognition and Inteligence

1. Inteligence

   • Multiple Inteligences
     • Linguistic
       • Logical-Mathematical
         • Musical
           • Spatial
             • Bodily-Kinesthetic
               • Intrapersonal
                 • Naturalist
   • Intelligence is shown by people who have learned from expirience.
     • Solve problems
       • Adapt to unfamiliar situation
         • Different in different cultural and social situations
           • There are also cultural influence on our measures of intelligence
             • Someone who can answer only a few questions correctly has a relatively low inteligence
   • General Inteligence
     • Enables us to develop to skills we need in pur particular environment and context
   • Multiple Intelillence
     • Measure of general intelilligece, often referred to as g, exists and can be measured.

2. Cognition

   • The academic study of how we use our brans to think
   • Problem Solving
     • Alogorithms
       • Insight
         • Trial and Eroor
           • Possible solutions, and test them to see if they work or not
         • Suddem flash of inspiration
       • Set of instructions for solving a problem
   • Concepts
     • Set f associations that come to mind that conect with a central object, person or idea.
     • Associations coud be other people or objects or memories
     • Example
       • What could make up our concept of "sea"?