Why Study Intelligence. Implicit studies of intelligence have been at the heart of psychology for the last two decades or so (Flugel, 1947; Shafer, 1999 in Furnham, 2001). The main concerns have been to look at the explicit theories on one hand and the implicit theories on the other. Sternberg (1990, in Furnham, 2001) differentiated between the two, defining the former as "constructions of psychologists that are based on, or at least tested, on data collected from people performing tasks presumed to measure intellectual functioning- (p.53), and the latter as "constructions of people (psychol...

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Why Study Intelligence. Implicit studies of intelligence have been at the heart of psychology for the last two decades or so (Flugel, 1947; Shafer, 1999 in Furnham, 2001). The main concerns have been to look at the explicit theories on one hand and the implicit theories on the other. Sternberg (1990, in Furnham, 2001) differentiated between the two, defining the former as "constructions of psychologists that are based on, or at least tested, on data collected from people performing tasks presumed to measure intellectual functioning- (p.53), and the latter as "constructions of people (psychol...

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Suppose you are compiling a battery of psychological assessment measures for selection of students at a South African tertiary institution. You decide to include a group test of intelligence (based on the psychometric approach) but given the multicultural context in which you are working, you also administer a test that measures learning potential (using dynamic assessment). Your assignment is to write an essay in which you discuss the theories underlying each of these two types of tests, indicating the value of each approach given the context. Provide an example of a group test of intellige...

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