Intelligence: A Complex Concept

Duration: 28

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1978

Creator: MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHING CO

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: . What is intelligence? Beyond the notion that it helps a person score well on tests, there are hundreds of different ideas about the nature of intelligence. When people on the street were asked this question, their answers revealed much confusion between what intelligence is as measured by tests, and what intelligence is in everyday life. This film explores some of the definitions. Piaget linked intelligence with adaptations to environment and with abstract thought. His theories are illustrated here through a young girl's visit to the zoo. Also examines J.P. Gilford's formal model representing the mental abilities implied by intelligence--figural symbolic, verbal and social., Discusses different ideas about the nature of intelligence, and reviews several types of intelligence tests.

Complete Record: . What is intelligence? Beyond the notion that it helps a person score well on tests, there are hundreds of different ideas about the nature of intelligence. When people on the street were asked this question, their answers revealed much confusion between what intelligence is as measured by tests, and what intelligence is in everyday life. This film explores some of the definitions. Piaget linked intelligence with adaptations to environment and with abstract thought. His theories are illustrated here through a young girl's visit to the zoo. Also examines J.P. Gilford's formal model representing the mental abilities implied by intelligence--figural symbolic, verbal and social., Discusses different ideas about the nature of intelligence, and reviews several types of intelligence tests.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.