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1 lut 2024 · Intelligence in psychology refers to the mental capacity to learn from experiences, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one’s environment. It includes skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, learning quickly, and understanding complex ideas.
human intelligence, 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.
In this chapter I will review a number of the major theories of intelligence. For purposes of clearer exposition, I will group them into four major theory types: (1) psychometric theories; (2) cognitive theories; (3) cognitive-contextual theories; and (4) biological theories.
The concept of intelligence refers to a quantitative characteristic expressed in behavior, varying among individuals, and not directly observable or measurable in physical terms. It is a complex trait assessed through intelligence tests, reflecting an individual's global capacity to act purposefully and think rationally.
13 gru 2019 · In this chapter, I discuss the metaphors of mind that underlie researchers’ thinking about intelligence. I discuss the geographic, computational, biological, genetic-epistemological, sociological, anthropological, and systems metaphors.
This chapter reviews the literature on social intelligence (SI) as it has evolved over the century since Thorndike (1920) popularized the concept.
5 cze 2012 · This chapter addresses how people conceptualize intelligence, whatever it may actually be. WHY CONCEPTIONS OF INTELLIGENCE MATTER Why should we even care what people think intelligence is as opposed only to valuing whatever it actually is?
