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J.P. Guilford’s suspicion of general intelligence resurfaced in the 1980s with Howard Gardner”s theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner says that we have various ways to tackle cognitive tasks, but ability within one is not related to any other. Each of us has an...
Theories of generalized intelligence often assume that intelligence can be measured by testing and that it is a fixed trait. However, just as the concept of general intelligence itself was debated, so also was the emphasis placed upon its genetic basis. Studies showed...
Personality, perhaps more so than IQ, is what makes us unique; however, it is just as hard to pin down and define scientifically. Plato believed that personalities could be categorized into four temperaments, a concept that has some similarities to the modern view of...
The groundbreaking work of writers Gordon and Floyd Allport (the brothers) in the 1960s opened the field of research into personality psychology. Their pioneering work was based on the notion that we know what constitutes a person’s personality; we just have...
In contrast to Allport's trait theory, Hans Eysenck argued that there are just 2 factors that define personality type; extroversion (E) and Neuroticism (N). These are largely genetically determined and fixed characteristics. Extroverts are sociable, lighthearted, and...
A completely and truly free course on Semiology (Semiotics). Learn about the meaning of signs, how and why did the field emerged. What is the relationship between the street signs and the signs that we use every day - words.
