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THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE

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WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?Intelligence is a

capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of

mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships,

 facts ,meanings, etc.

In short the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

DAVID WECHSLER:

“Intelligence is the global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his environment”

Linda gottfredson:“Intelligence is the ability to deal with cognitive complexity”

Cyril Burt“Innate general cognitive ability”

HISTORY OF INTELLIGENCE:

THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE:Spearman’s theoryPrimary mental theoryMultiple intelligence theoryTragic theory of intelligenceGuilford theory of intelligenceCattell theory of intelligence

GUILFORD THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE:

HOWARD GARDNER THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE:

CATTELL THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE:

STERNBERG TRIARCHIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE ROBERT JEFFREY

STERNBERG Born in new jersey

on December 9, 1949

In 1949 proposed that “success” in life is related to three types of ability.

CONCLUSION: The concept of intelligence has been one of the most contentious in psychology, with controversy spanning the lifetime of the research area . The most controversial claims have come from certain scientists that intelligence varies between races , giving some races the right to govern over others . Regardless of the way in which intelligence is defined or measured, human beings have great intellectual abilities , to think, reason ,and understand the world in which we live, the way other people think and act, and to understand ourselves , As we advance in our development as individual and collectively as a species, recognizing and appreciating the diversity that is contained within this concept may be more valuable than trying to ascertain how to quantify it .