Education is a continuous lifelong process of gaining knowledge and skills that begins at birth and ends at death. It allows for the maximum development of both individuals and society. While heredity places limits on a person's IQ potential, both heredity and environment interact to influence human behavior and development. The family, school, physical environment, and culture all impact a child's growth by shaping their learning, problem-solving skills, habits, and socialization. Howard Gardner defined intelligence as the ability to learn and solve problems, proposing there are seven types of intelligences.

1. The
PSYCHOLOGI
CAL BASIS of
HUMAN
BEHAVIOR

2. EDUCATION as a
CONTINUOUS PROCESS
and LIFELONG
LEARNING
 J Dewey defines education as a process of
living through a continuous reconstruction of
experiences, which brings about the
development of the individual to the fullest extent
and also the maximum development of society in
such a way that both enjoy maximum happiness
and prosperity.

3.  Education itself is a lifelong process of
transformation, an enrichment of the human being
with knowledge and skills. Lifelong learning
refers to the process of gaining knowledge
and learning new skills throughout your
life. It begins with the birth of a child and ends
with his death. It is a continuous process and
is not limited to the classroom, it is also
not limited to a particular period. Life is a
continuous process of growth and
development and so education is a
continuous process.

4. HEREDITY and
ENVIRONMENT
 Man’s behaviour is influenced by two
forces:
heredity (like begets like)
environment (you are where you
are from).
Heredity and environment are inseparable.

7. HEREDITY and
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENHANCEMENT that LIMITS
MAN’S EDUCABILITY
Today, researchers generally agree that heredity
and environment have an interactive influence on
intelligence. Many researchers believe that there is a
reaction range to IQ, which refers to the limits placed
on IQ by heredity. Heredity places an upper and lower
limit on the IQ that can be attained by a given person.

8. HEREDITARY INFLUENCES
Heritability is a mathematical estimate that
indicates how much of a trait’s variation in a
population can be attributed to genes. Estimates of
the heritability of intelligence vary, depending on the
methods used. Most researchers believe that
heritability of intelligence is between 60 percent and
80 percent.

9. ENVIRONMENTAL
INFLUENCES
 The family, school, or general environment a child
lives and interacts with generally affects their growth
and development. In the early formative years,
children pick up things from their environment, learn
how to solve problems, habits, and behaviors,
socialize, and general functioning. Consequently,
studying the main environmental factors affecting
the growth and development of a child is
necessary. These include the social, emotional,
economic, and physical environment.

10.  The physical environment is the space
and location in which the child grows,
affecting their health, learning, and
behavior.
 In addition, research shows that effects
of the physical environment, such as
housing, exposure to pollution, and
neighborhood quality, all affect the
psychosocial aspect of the child
environment on growth.

11. CULTURAL and ETHNIC
DIFFERENCES
Culture: the arts, customs, and other
acceptances of a nation or a group of
people.
Based on our culture, our cultural identity is
created. This influences our behavior,
attitudes, and perception.
Ethnic: group of people sharing a common
origin.

12. THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE
Howard Gardner has a paradigm of
intelligence in which he defines intelligence as
the ability to learn and solve problems and
calls it the bio-psychological potential to
process information.
7 intelligences: linguistic, logical,
mathematical, spatial, kinesthetic, musical,
interpersonal and intrapersonal.

13. Gardner’s definition of intelligence is
unique in that he sees the creation of
products like sculptures and computers
as an important expression of
intelligence, not an abstract problem-
solving.