Describe How Intelligence Is Conceived of Within Each of the Five

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Essay

Describe how intelligence is conceived of within each of the five theories described in this chapter (Piagetian, information-processing, core-knowledge, sociocultural, and dynamic-systems).

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Definitions:

Scopes Trial

1925 trial of John Scopes, Tennessee teacher accused of violating state law prohibiting teaching of the theory of evolution; it became a nationally celebrated confrontation between religious fundamentalism and civil liberties.

National Radio

A broadcasting service that is owned, financed, or regulated by the government of a country and serves the entire nation.

Stock Market Crash

Also known as Black Tuesday, a stock market panic in 1929 that resulted in the loss of more than $10 billion in market value (worth approximately ten times more today). One among many causes of the Great Depression.

Great Depression

A severe worldwide economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to the late 1930s, marked by mass unemployment, deflation, and widespread poverty.