Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Intelligence,definition,types,characteristics

                  

                     INTELLIGENCE -


Introduction-

 In everyday language, intelligence is about working within a person, going to a new place, adjusting oneself, etc., which have been defined by psychologists on their own basis, which is as follows -.


Definition- 

 Intelligence is the ability to adjust to new situations - 

According to William Stern  - intelligence is the ability to adjust to a new situation. 

According to Burt, -intelligence is the ability to make flexible adjustments. 

According to Woodworth, intelligence means the use of talent. It is the use of intellectual abilities to overcome a situation or to do something.

According to Ross- Conscious harmony in a new situation is intelligence. 

According to Wells- Intelligence is the ability to reorganize one's behavior patterns to perform better in a new situation.


2. Wisdom is the ability to think abstractly - 

According to Terman - Intelligence is the ability to think about abstract ideas. 

 According to Spearman - Relative thinking is intelligence. 

 According to Burt - Good judgment is the ability to reason well and reason. 

According to Binet- intelligence is the ability to think well, good judgment and self-criticism. These psychologists have called intelligence the ability to abstract.

 According to Terman- Intelligence is the ability to think abstractly. 


3. Intelligence is the ability to take advantage of past experience. -

Psychologists who gave this definition are 

 According to Thorndike Ebbinghaus- intelligence is the ability to make useful use of past experience. 

According to Dearborn- it is the ability to learn or gain from experience. 

According to Buckingham - Intelligence is the ability to learn.

 The broad definition of intelligence mainly takes the definition of Wechler -

 According to Wechler - Intelligence is that universal ability of a person by which he acts purposefully, thinks rationally and behaves effectively in the environment. 


1. Element (attributes) of intelligence-

Thorndike has divided intelligence into four elements -

 i)  Level-  It is related to the level of difficulty of the task, it shows the level of intelligence of the person.

 2 - Range-  It relates to how many difficult tasks of the same type we can do. 

3 -  Area - It refers to the total number of situations in which a person has to react.

4 - Speed ​​- It is related to how fast we can react in a given situation.


 2. Kinds of Intelligence - Thorndike gave three types of intelligence. - 

Abstract Intelligence - Abstract intelligence includes the ability to solve problems with symbols, words, numbers, formulas, etc. 

 Mechanical Intelligence - It is the ability to work effectively on machines and keep information. 

Social Intelligence - It is the ability to achieve adjustment in people. People with social intelligence quickly make others their friends.


Characteristics of intelligence - 

1. Each person's intelligence is different from each other. 

2. Intelligence is innate, it cannot be acquired after birth. 

3. Wisdom helps a person to solve difficult problems. 

4. Wisdom of lineage has a great impact on Socio-economic and cultural factors and ethnic differences also affect intelligence.

 5.  Environment, training and education also have an effect on intelligence.

 6. The development of intelligence takes place over a certain period of time. The development of the intellect stops until it ends. 






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