Crash Course Psychology Worksheet | 23 - Controversy of Intelligence

State why intelligence is hard to define, noting that the term means different things across cultures, ages and skill sets

Compare four models of intelligence and explain how each one responds to the idea of a single general factor

Explain why traditional intelligence tests struggle with creativity, given that they demand one correct response

Questions 3 and 5 both ask students to set one theorist against another, so they are the natural pause-and-discuss points during the episode

Use the key to discuss response content; answer lengths vary with the question

Questions 9 to 12 form a creativity and emotional-intelligence block that can be split off as a second lesson if the episode is watched in two sittings

Note-taking from video - students answer fifteen questions while watching a single episode, using the "Link to Episode" line at the top of the sheet.

Defining psychological terms - students explain the G-Factor, a venturesome personality and emotional intelligence in their own words.

Reasoning about measurement - questions ask whether creativity and emotional intelligence can be quantified and what stops standard tests from capturing them.