Cognition Thinking, Reasoning,. Compare penguins, bats, and robins. Which one doesn’t belong in this group?

CognitionThinking, Reasoning,

Compare penguins, bats, and robins. Which one doesn’t

belong in this group?

Thinking

Concept Development

Concept: Group of related objects, ideas, or events.

Use concepts to compare, connect ideas that are similar.

Thinking

Reasoning

Using information to draw conclusion

Deductive Reasoning:arrive at specific conclusions based on generalizations

‘top down’

Thinking

Inductive reasoning: Moves from the specific to facts to a general principle

‘bottom-up’

Example: I enjoyed the last book by Margret Atwood, and this new book is by Margret Atwood, therefore I will enjoy this new book.

Thinking

Dialectical Reasoning: involves evaluating two opposing sides

Intelligence

What is intelligence?

Ravens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYPm6DD44M

Crows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPGknpq3e0

Intelligence

Intelligence: concept or construct that refers to acquire knowledge, to think and reason effectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment

Intelligence

Theorists disagree on the nature of intelligence:

The g factor: general intelligence

Multiple intelligences

Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence: ability to read other’s emotions and respond to them appropriately

Intelligence

Intelligence quotient: originally based on the ratio of ‘mental age’ to ‘chronological age’

IQ: (Mental Age/Chronological Age) x 100

Intelligence

IQ Test

http://iqtest.com/

Multiple Intelligence Tests

http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

Personality Tests

www.queendom.com/tests.html