Correct Answer - Option 2 : can be acquired
Intelligence has been defined as the sum total of everything you know, as the ability to learn or profit from experience, as the ability to solve problems or as the ability to cope with the demands of the environment. It is a general capacity of the individual consciously to adjust his thinking to new requirements.
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Charles Spearman proposed a two-factor theory of intelligence employing a statistical method called factor analysis.
- He showed that intelligence consisted of a general factor (g-factor) and some specific factors.(s-factor).
- g-factor includes mental operations which are primary and common to all performances. In addition to the g-factor, he said that there are also many specific abilities. These are contained in what he called the s-factor. Excellent singers, architects, scientists, and athletes may be high on g-factor, but in addition to this, they have specific abilities which allow them to excel in their respective domains.
- A person cannot be trained to have a general ‘factor. It is a part of who they are.
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s factors are specific factors that can be acquired by working hard on them and training. For example, test of arithmetic, spatial relationships, verbal fluency, each of these specific intelligence measure a separate ‘s'.
Thus, it is concluded that According to the Two factors theory of intelligence, specific ability or 's' factor of human being can be acquired.
