Inteliigence
Intelligence is a controversial area in psychology and defining intelligence is problematic. The main theoretical approaches are the differential approach: which devises psychometric tests to measure the differences in individual's abilities to solve problems. The developmental approach concerned with perception, manipulation and reasoning in the developing infant and the information processing approach that investigates the skills used in reasoning and problem solving (see Carlson and Buskist 1997). Cognitive psychologists agree that intelligence involves the capacity to acquire and remember information, recognise and relate concepts and to adapt individual behaviour in line with information (Neisser, Boodoo, Bouchard, Boykin, Brody, Ceci, Halpern, Loehlin, Perloff, Sternberg and Urbina (1996a, in Carlson, Martin and Buskist 1997). However, opinions vary as to the nature, mechanisms and even relevance of intelligence; whether intelligence is unitary or multiple factored is a topic......
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