week 13

In this chapter I learned more about intelligence. Intelligence is very important in all ages. It was assumed that there is only one general entity of intelligence. Individuals have greater and lesser qualities and it decreases as one gets older; many recent studies do not support this idea of intelligence. Intelligence  is not one single entity but a combination of abilities. In the longitudinal research they found that up until the age 60 people can increase in IQ  Schaie found that some abilities decline in ages while other abilities will increase such an increase in vocab but a decrease in motor abilities. Crystallized intelligence increases with time but people’s reasoning skills decrease in age.  Practical intelligence is useful for managing the conflicting personalities in a family or convincing members of an organization to do something. Analytic intelligence involves mental processes such as abstract planning, strategy selection, focused attention, and information processing. the last type of intelligence is Creative thinking is divergent and values the unexpected, imaginative, and unusual answers rather than the standard.