CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Select the best definition of “intelligence”
A
The level of how smart a person is
B
Types of measurements psychology uses to identify IQ
C
A mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience and solve problems
D
The level of mental quality a person is born with
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Intelligence can be defined as a general mental ability for reasoning, problem solving, and learning. Because of its general nature, intelligence integrates cognitive functions such as perception, attention, memory, language, or planning.

Detailed explanation-2: -intelligence. noun. in·tel·li·gence in-ˈtel-ə-jən(t)s. : the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations. : the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests)

Detailed explanation-3: -Intelligence is the ability to think, to learn from experience, to solve problems, and to adapt to new situations. Intelligence is important because it has an impact on many human behaviours.

Detailed explanation-4: -Intelligence as Problem-Solving Ability As first documented by Spearman (1904) more than a century ago, one of the most replicated empirical findings in the entire field of psychology is that a person who performs well on one cognitive test (or task) will tend to perform well on all other cognitive tests.

Detailed explanation-5: -’ Intelligence is defined as mental capability that involves the ability to reason, to plan, to solve problems, to think abstractly, to comprehend complex ideas, to learn quickly and to learn from experience. It is not merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking smartness.

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