Intelligence
a set of cognitive skills that include abstract thinking, reasoning, problem solving, and the ability to acquire knowledge.
Problems that have known solutions and require analytic thinking and the use of learned strategies and knowledge to come up with the correct answer.
What is convergent thinking problems?
Characteristic of creative thought; ability to come up with unusual and novel ideas.
What is originality?
Charles Spearman's theory that intelligence is a single (g) factor made up of specific components.
What is g-factor theory?
What is algorithm?
What is creativity?
One of Carroll's three levels of intelligence; includes nearly 70 distinct abilities.
What is narrow intelligence?
The inability to break out of a particular mind-set in order to think about a problem from a fresh perspective.
What is fixation?
Characteristic of creative thought that involves the ability to produce many ideas.
What is ideational fluency?
According to Robert Sternberg, the "use of an integrated set of abilities needed to attain success in life, however an individual defines it, within his or her sociocultural context."
What is successful intelligence?
Sudden solutions that come to mind in a flash.
High intelligence combined with creative accomplishments that have a tremendous impact on a given field.
What is genius?
Robert Sternberg's theory that three interrelated but distinct abilities make up successful intelligence: analytic, creative, and practical skill.
What is triarchic theory of intelligence?
Mind-set in which one is blind to unusual uses of common everyday things or procedures.
What is functional fixedness?
Approach to problem solving that requires one to break free of self-imposed conceptual constraints and think about a problem differently in order to solve it.
What is thinking outside the box?