This document defines intelligence and discusses its nature and types. It provides definitions of intelligence from several experts and lists characteristics such as intelligence being innate, the capacity for learning, and the ability for abstract thinking. The document also discusses factors that affect intelligence like age, heredity, sex, health, mind and environment. It differentiates between intelligence and knowledge and describes various types of intelligence like abstract, social and mechanical intelligence.

1. INTELLIGENCE
• MEANING
• NATURE
• TYPES

4. DEFINITIONS
According to A. Binet
“To judge well, to comprehend well, to reason well, these are the essential activities of
intelligence.’’
According to F. Galton
“Intelligence is the power of recognition and learning.’’
According to L. Terman
“Intelligence is the capacity to carry on abstract thinking.’’
According to Thorndike
“Intelligence is the power of good response from the point of view of truth or fact.’’

5. According to Buckingham
“Intelligence is the ability to learn.”
According to Spearman
“Intelligence is the power of attention.’’
According to Garret
“The ability demanded in the solution of problems which require the
comprehension and use of symbols, i.e words, numbers, diagrams, equations,
formulas.’’
According to Woodworth
“Intelligence is a way of acting.’’

6. CHARACTERISTICS
• Intelligence is an innate power
• Intelligence is the capacity of learning.
• Intelligent is the ability of taking advantage from previous experiences.
• Intelligence is the ability of abstract thinking, means with the help of intelligence
we can think of something which is not evident.
• Intelligence is the set of different abilities.

7. CONTD…
• Intelligence is the essence of all special abilities.
• Knowledge obtained by intelligence can be used in new situations.
• There is difference between intelligence and knowledge.
• Intelligence is the power of introspection. Intelligence itself criticizes the actions
and thoughts done by a man.
• Intelligence tries to understand any problem, and then inspires the mind to take
decision.

8. FACTORS AFFECTING INTELLIGENCE
Factors
affecting
intelligence
Age
Heredity
Sex Health
Mind
Environment

9. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Parameters of Comparison Intelligence Knowledge
Procurement
Intelligence is a human inborn ability and, it
cannot be taken by any other person or
cannot be passed to others.
Knowledge is a life process it increases with
experience and can be acquired at any age.
Specialty
The specialty of Intelligence is its
distinctiveness to individual human beings.
The specialty of Knowledge is that it can vary from
person to person but can also be the same at the
same time.
Developed by
Intelligence cannot be developed. It is an
inborn ability of a human species.
Knowledge is gained or developed by constant hard
work and practice.
Functions
Intelligence functions as a way of solving
problems and finding ways to deal with the
complexity of any situation.
Knowledge functions as a way of knowing situations
and analyzing them or tackling them.
Measuring ways
Intelligence can be measured in many ways,
one of them is the intelligent quotient test.
Knowledge cannot be measured it can only be
checked or tested.

10. TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE
Types of
intelligence
Abstract
intelligence
Social
Motor or
mechanical

11. ABSTRACT INTELLIGENCE

12. SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
This intelligence is related to the social conditioning, which helps a man in adapting
according to the society. Due to the social intelligence, a man affects another man
with his behavior. This type of man is happy, practical and takes interest in social
activities. Due to the social intelligence a man leads a successful life in society.
These types of men are occupational, politician and social worker

14. MECHANICAL INTELLIGENCE
Mechanical intelligence means the power or ability, by which, a man can adjust
himself with the situation related to mechanical or material things. The children,
who have this intelligence, are seen in the starting period. They try to repair by
opening their watch, toy and bicycle. Such children, after growing up, become
expert mechanic, engineer. Mechanically intelligent children are expert in games
and physical activities

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