Thinking and Intelligence

I. Basic elements comprising thought

1. Define thinking as a mental process involved in the manipulation and understanding of information

2. Recognize that information is classified into categories containing similar properties known as concepts

II. Problem Solving and decision making

1. Identify problem solving as a directed and productive example of thinking

- steps involved in problem solving

- examples of how algorithms, heuristics, and insight are used

2. Use of creative thinking in problem solving

3. obstacles

III. Individual Differences – Measurement

1. Define and understand the nature of test constructs, i.e., intelligence, creativity, and personality

2. Describe the basic statistical concepts in testing

- Validity / reliability

IV. Nature of Intelligence

1. Link intelligence to the use of cognitive skills and strategies

- reasoning / processing

- planning / self-regulation

2. Intelligence test scores

3. Multiple intelligences

4. Theories of intelligence

V. Testing

1. How intelligence tests reflect difference among people

2. Why intelligence tests predict achievement

3. Limitations