Intelligence

1.

How should intelligence be defined?

I would say that Intelligence is a “global concept that involves an individual’s ability to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal effectively with the environment.” (Wechsler, 1958) I choose this meaning because being intelligence doesn’t mean that you only do well in class but you have to apply your experience to the real situation too.

2. What are the elements of intelligence?

The three elements of intelligence are genetic makeup, education, and the environment. People could gain certain area of intelligence from there parent. As well as your environment and food you receive. Other than that would be the education and experiences.

3. Is intelligence testing valid? Reliable? Ethical?

Intelligence testing is valid when it tests the ability of the tester to solve as well as analyze the problems. The test will be reliable if it is standardizing from large number of population as well as the test result should be able to compare with the previous tests. But intelligence is not ethical.

4. How can variations in intelligence be explained?

The two variations that intelligence could be divided up is environment, genetics and education. Environment is intelligence that could be gain throughout the influence over the development. For genetics, the intelligence certain area of intelligence could be passing on from parents. And education is how well the facility of education you receive as well as how hard you study them.