PSY101- Week 3 Discussion 2 – Intelligence: Street Smarts

PSY101- Week 3 Discussion 2 – Intelligence: Street Smarts

PSY101- Week 3 Discussion 2 – Intelligence: Street Smarts

Intelligence: Street Smarts.

1st Post Due by Day 3.

To prepare for this discussion, please read Chapter 6 of your textbook. In addition, read “Chapter 1: In a nutshell” (pp. 3-24) and “Chapter 10: Assessment in context: The alternative to standardized testing” (pp. 167-192) as well as “Cultural explorations of human intelligence around the world”.

Finally, review Instructor Guidance and Announcements. In this discussion, you will consider theories of intelligence. Be sure to use your own academic voice and apply in-text citations appropriately throughout your post.

• Read “Cultural explorations of human intelligence around the world” (Sternberg (2002).
• Select a famous person (or fictional character) who you believe epitomizes successful intelligence as outlined in the textbook and assigned readings.
• Choose and describe specific characteristics or behaviors of this person that support your selection with regard to analytical, creative, and practical abilities.
• Explain how both nature and nurture (including social and cultural factors) may have played a role in the development of this individual’s intelligence.
• Read “Chapter 1: In a nutshell” (pp. 3-24) and “Chapter 10: Assessment in context: The alternative to standardized testing” (pp. 167-192).
• Relate whether the theory of multiple intelligences might better characterize your selected individual.
• Predict whether this person would do well on a standard intelligence test, based on what you have read. Give examples of alternate means of measuring intelligence.
• Remember to use your own academic voice and apply in-text citations appropriately throughout your post. Post your initial response of 250 words or more by Day 3 (Thursday).

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PSY101- Week 3 Discussion 2 – Intelligence: Street Smarts Instructions

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized.

Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument