CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Ex: Intelligence in psychology is much different from the socially constructed definition that usually only relates to school smarts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Intelligence (in all cultures) is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use our knowledge to adapt to new situations. This is the conceptual definition. In research studies, intelligence is whatever the intelligence test measures. This tends to be “school smarts” and it tends to be culture-specific.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive ability, sometimes referred to as general intelligence (g), is essential for human adaptation and survival. It includes the capacity to “reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience” (Plomin, 1999).

Detailed explanation-4: -Crystallized intelligence is the ability to use knowledge that was previously acquired through education and experience.

Detailed explanation-5: -Your general intelligence is your ability to reason, problem solve, decide, learn & act efficiently & successfully in the pursuit of your valued goals. There are different elements in this definition of intelligence: problem solving, reasoning, decision-making, learning and successful goal-pursuit.