Correct Answer - Option 4 : a set of capabilities
Intelligence involves a number of abilities together. It is the ability to understand the incoming information and make sense out of it. It is the ability to acquire new skills and use the existing knowledge to complete a task or deal with a situation.
- Intelligence includes the capacity to understand novel stimuli, learning language and communicate with others, being aware of the environment, to reason, plan, and solve the problems creatively.
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Both genetic and environmental factors play a vital role in shaping intelligence.
- Intelligence is the capacity of the organism to adjust itself to an increasingly complex environment.
- The concept of intelligence is a readiness to learn, the ability to do abstract thinking and the ability to adapt speed and accuracy.
- Intelligence helps us in understanding thinking and reasoning about things.
Hence, it could be concluded that intelligence is a set of capabilities.
The first test to measure intelligence was developed by Binet and Simon in 1905.
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Terman in 1916 revised the test and devised the concept of Intelligence Quotient.
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Intelligence Quotient: It is commonly known as IQ refers to the score of a standardized test that assesses and measures human intelligence.
- An individual’s Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is determined by the formula given below,
- \({\bf{Intelligence}}\;{\bf{Quotient}}\;\left( {{\bf{IQ}}} \right) = \frac{{{\bf{Mental}}\;{\bf{Age}}\;\left( {{\bf{MA}}} \right)\;}}{{{\bf{Chronological}}\;{\bf{Age}}\;\left( {{\bf{CA}}} \right)}} \times 100\)
- Where Mental Age is based on intellectual development.
- Chronological Age is the number of years a person has lived.
