Intelligence is the capacity to learn or understand. Although intelligence is possessed by all people, it varies in amount for each person, and remains the same throughout life from approximately 18 years of age.
In psychology, intelligence is defined as the capacity to acquire knowledge or understanding, and to use it in novel situations.
IQ is the abbreviation for intelligence quotient. Intelligence quotient (IQ) is an age-related measure of intelligence and is defined as 100 times mental age. The word ‘quotient’ means the result of dividing one quantity by another, and intelligence can be defined as mental ability and quickness of mind.
IQ tests are part of what is generally referred to as ‘psychological testing’. Such test content may be addressed to almost any aspect of our intellectual or emotional make-up, including personality, attitude, intelligence or emotion. An intelligence test (IQ test) is, by definition, any test that purports to measure intelligence. Generally such tests consist of a series of tasks, each of which has been standardized with a large representative population of individuals. Such a procedure establishes the average IQ as 100.
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Submitted by acrobat on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 01:39.
