Psych Essay Intelligence
Chirag Doshi 1/16/14 Essay Chapter 7 & 11 Mr. Schultz Do you believe that intelligence testing is a valid measure of ones intelligence? Why or why not? Which theorist and/or model do you believe best reflects human intelligence? Choose two problem solving techniques/impediments (heuristics, algorithms, confirmation and/or hindsight bias, framing, functional fixedness, etc.) and explain how they will help or hinder someone taking an intelligence test. Can intelligence be measured by a test or indexed by any manmade scale? The aforementioned question can only be answered when a concrete definition of intelligence is established and unfortunately there is no single, time-honored definition of intelligence, at least with regard to Psychology.