What are Information-Processing and Biological Theories of Intelligence?
Information processing is the set of mental actions or operations by which people mentally manipulate what they learn and know about the world. The factor analytic psychometric models revealed little about the mental processes underlying intelligence. The analyses of simple and complex tasks have been investigated to understand how one manipulates information including processes such as speed and accuracy of retrieving information from memory. Biological Psychologists try to study intelligence through analyses of brain activity. They investigate electrophysiological evidence as well as metabolic evidence through using modern technology. While brain research is promising, most psychologists believe we need to consider the entire human being as well as the entire environment one engages in to understand intelligent behavior. What are contextual, anthropological, culture-based views of intelligence? This focus on the Context of intelligence, the environment, has led many researchers to st
