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Hello, I'm Sam Smith.

This podcast is going to cover intelligence.

First thing I'm going to do is go through a few different theories of intelligence. I'll talk about the G-factor theory, the triarchic theory of

intelligence. I'll go through the theory of multiple intelligences, and then a few others. And then I'll

go through the hereditary factors that under-underly intelligence. And then lastly, I'll get a bit

into how we measure intelligence.

This material is mainly going to show up on the psych-souche section of the MCAT.

And with that said, I hope you find this podcast helpful and that you're staying safe.

What I want to do first in this podcast is just define intelligence.

It kind of seems a little bit like an abstract concept, so I just want to put it into words what it is.

So psychologist Roger Sternberg, which you'll hear more about him in a second,

defines intelligence as one's ability to learn from experience and to adapt to shape and select environments.

David Perkins, who's a research scientist, an interesting guy received his PhD in mathematics

and artificial intelligence from MIT, defined it a little bit differently.

He said that intelligence is a combination of the ability to learn, the ability to pose problems,

and the ability to solve problems, and the ability to solve

problems. So I think that's an interesting definition. I like that one maybe a little bit better.

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