Nature and Definition of Intelligence

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Chronological age – A person’s age in years
Crystallized intelligence – The facet of intelligence involving the knowledge a person has already acquired and the ability to access that knowledge; builds from past experiences  and learned facts, and amounts to judgment skills that we accumulate as we age
Fluid intelligence – The aspect of intelligence that involves the ability to see complex relationships, solve problems, and learn or invent strategies without prior practice or instruction
‘g’ factor  – The general component of intelligence that underlies all cognitive ability
‘s’ factor – The ability to excel in certain areas, or specific intelligence
Intelligence Problem – Solving skills and the ability to adapt to and learn from life’s everyday experiences.
IQ Intelligence Quotient – An individual’s mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100.
Mental Age In Binet’s measure of intelligence, the age at which a child is performing intellectually, expressed in terms of the average “age at which normal children achieve a particular score.
Multiple intelligences Howard Gardner’s theory that there are at least eight separate intelligences all of which are developed differently in each individual