Variations in Psychological Attributes
Class 12 · Psychology · 18 Questions
Who is the most intelligent of your classmates? Think of her/him in your mind's eye, and write down a few words/phrases describing that person.
Think of 3 other persons in your immediate environment, whom you consider intelligent, and write down a few words/phrases describing the attributes of each.
Judge the newer additions with reference to what you wrote in item no. 1.
Make a list of all the attributes you consider as manifestations of intelligent behaviours. Using these attributes, try to frame a definition.
Discuss your report with your classmates and the teacher.
Compare it with what the researchers have to say about 'intelligence'.
How do psychologists characterise and define intelligence?
To what extent is our intelligence the result of heredity (nature) and environment (nurture)? Discuss.
"Any intellectual activity involves the independent functioning of three neurological systems". Explain with reference to PASS model.
Are there cultural differences in the conceptualisation of intelligence?
What is IQ? How do psychologists classify people on the basis of their IQ scores?
How can you differentiate between verbal and performance tests of intelligence?
All persons do not have the same intellectual capacity. How do individuals vary in their intellectual ability? Explain.
Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life and why?
How is 'aptitude' different from 'interest' and 'intelligence'? How is aptitude measured?
How is creativity related to intelligence?
Observe and interview 5 persons in your neighbourhood in order to see how they differ from each other in terms of certain psychological attributes. Cover all the five domains. Prepare a psychological profile of each person and compare.
Select 5 vocations and gather information about the nature of work done by people in these vocations. Also analyse these vocations in terms of the types of psychological attributes required for successful performance. Write a report.