Fluid vs. Crystallized Intelligence.

v Crystallized

Ø Gc = ability to use prior learning (e.g., vocabulary)

Ø Using what one has already learned thru schooling & experience

Ø facts, expertise

Ø general information, word comprehension, numerical abilities

v Fluid

Ø Gf = understanding complex relations and learning (e.g., PMA Reasoning)

Ø using one's mind in new & flexible ways

Ø actively solve new problems

Ø reasoning, seeing relationships among stimuli, drawing inferences

Ø not 'taught', free of cultural influence

Ø "on-the-spot reasoning ability, a skill not basically dependant on our experience." (Belsky, 1990, p. 125)

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