Yvette Cantu

BEH/225
Friday, April 05, 2013
According to "Melissa Kaplan's Herp Care
Collection" (2013), "Insert the quotation (What
Is Intelligence?)intelligence is the
computational part of the ability to achieve
goals in the world. Varying kinds and degrees
of intelligence occur in people, many animals
and some machines.
Intelligence can give you abilities that a person
did not have before.
Intelligence can give
abilities to a human
being to :
Read
Write
Evaluate
Judge
Compare and
contrast
Intelligence can give
an animal abilities
to:
Survive
Hunt For Food
Protect
themselves from
other animals
Charles Spearman
Maintained intelligence is quite general mental
energy.
The intelligent person:
Understands things quickly
Make sounds decisions
Carries on interesting conversations
Behaves intelligently in many situations

Spatial Ability
Perceptual speed
Numerical ability
Verbal meaning
Memory
Word Fluency
Reasoning
Intelligence comprises seven distinct mental abilities:
Abilities are relatively independent of one another.



Robert Sternberg
Theory of Emotional Intelligence
Centers how effectively people perceive and understand
their own emotions and the emotions of others and can
manage their emotional behavior.
Knowing ones own emotions
Managing ones emotions
Using emotions to motivate oneself
Recognizing the emotions of other people
Managing relationships
Golemans concept is relatively new and while some
remain skeptical, some studies have shown promising
results.Contemporary Theorists & Theories

The theories that were made of intelligence test
which are used to measure a persons
intelligence or IQ.

Some test were:
The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
The Wechsler Intelligence Scales
Group test
Performance & Culture-Fair TestsMeasuring
IntelligenceIntelligence Test


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