AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a(n)
A
inborn ability to perform well on standard intelligence tests.
B
mental ability to learn from experience.
C
general trait that underlies success on any task.
D
a set of completely independent adaptive traits.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is the mental ability to learn from experiences. Simply put intelligence can be defined as the ability of a person to acquire knowledge as well as skills. It is a general mental ability that a person possesses.

Detailed explanation-2: -Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a(n): mental ability to learn from experiences.

Detailed explanation-3: -Human intelligence is a mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one’s environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage our emotions. Emotional intelligence is sometimes called EQ (or EI) for short. Just as a high IQ can predict top test scores, a high EQ can predict success in social and emotional situations.

Detailed explanation-5: -Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

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