1. How should intelligence be defined?
Intelligence should be defined in compromise of the concept of multiple intelligence and the general intelligence, g factor. There surely seem to be more than one intelligence since some people excel in a specific field when they are as normal as other people in other fields. Incidents of Savant syndrome strongly supports this theory. However, a mathematical pattern can be found in number of master pieces in music and art, such as the golden ratio and such overlapping of artistic sense and mathematical sense suggest the existence of general intelligence. Therefore intelligence should be defined as a ability to perform well in a specific field as well as in a general sense.
2. What are the elements of intelligence?
Based on the previous definition of intelligence, performance in a specific activity and performance in general activity. According to Gardner, there intelligence is consist of 10 sub-intelligences: linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthetics, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, spiritual, and existential. Along with the sub-intelligences, a general intelligence element, ability to learn and adapt to a new knowledge and experience are the elements of intelligence.
3. Is intelligence testing valid? ethical?
Intelligence is valid to a certain extent, but it surely cannot be taken as an absolute measure of intelligence but as a relative measure. Intelligence test itself is neither ethical nor unethical. However, people make use of results of intelligence test in that is questionable in ethical sense; using the intelligence test results to make a discrimination between races.
4. How can variations in intelligence be explained?
Variations in intelligence derive from the differences in nature and nurture. Children born from parents with relatively high intelligence will also have a relatively high intelligence due to the genentic reason. However, genetically twins reared apart in different environment, under different parents also showed differences in intelligences. Therefore nature, genetic factors, and nurture, environmental factors, creates variations in intelligence.
Intelligence should be defined in compromise of the concept of multiple intelligence and the general intelligence, g factor. There surely seem to be more than one intelligence since some people excel in a specific field when they are as normal as other people in other fields. Incidents of Savant syndrome strongly supports this theory. However, a mathematical pattern can be found in number of master pieces in music and art, such as the golden ratio and such overlapping of artistic sense and mathematical sense suggest the existence of general intelligence. Therefore intelligence should be defined as a ability to perform well in a specific field as well as in a general sense.
2. What are the elements of intelligence?
Based on the previous definition of intelligence, performance in a specific activity and performance in general activity. According to Gardner, there intelligence is consist of 10 sub-intelligences: linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthetics, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, spiritual, and existential. Along with the sub-intelligences, a general intelligence element, ability to learn and adapt to a new knowledge and experience are the elements of intelligence.
3. Is intelligence testing valid? ethical?
Intelligence is valid to a certain extent, but it surely cannot be taken as an absolute measure of intelligence but as a relative measure. Intelligence test itself is neither ethical nor unethical. However, people make use of results of intelligence test in that is questionable in ethical sense; using the intelligence test results to make a discrimination between races.
4. How can variations in intelligence be explained?
Variations in intelligence derive from the differences in nature and nurture. Children born from parents with relatively high intelligence will also have a relatively high intelligence due to the genentic reason. However, genetically twins reared apart in different environment, under different parents also showed differences in intelligences. Therefore nature, genetic factors, and nurture, environmental factors, creates variations in intelligence.
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