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Intelligence is the ability to think rationally, learn effectively, understand complex ideas, and adapt to the environment. Accordingly, intelligence is best seen as a general ability that can influence performance on a wide range of cognitive tasks. IQ (the intelligence quotient) is the quantification of an individual’s intelligence relative to peers of a similar age. IQ is one of the most heritable psychological traits, and an individual’s score on a modern IQ test is a good predictor of many life outcomes, including educational and career success, health, longevity, and even happiness (Gottfredson 1998). Like humans, several species of animals express a “general cognitive ability” that influences performance on broad and diverse cognitive tasks, and moreover, animals exhibit a wide range of individual variations in this ability. Intelligence and Intelligence Testing (IQ) in HumansIt has long been recognized that intelligence varies across individuals. Colloquially, we... 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Rights and permissionsReprints and Permissions Copyright information© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG About this entryCite this entryMatzel, L.D., Sauce, B. (2017). IQ. In: Vonk, J., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1080-1 Which of the following is an example of an abstract complex concept?Personality is a complex, abstract concept that refers to characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving including motivations, emotions, beliefs, and typical approaches to interacting with others.
Is a general mental capability that involves the ability?Cognitive ability is defined as a general mental capability involving reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, complex idea comprehension, and learning from experience (Gottfredson, 1997).
What is the way in which information is processed and manipulated in remembering thinking and knowing?Cognition. The way in which information is processed and manipulated in remembering, thinking, and knowing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) A scientific field that focuses on creating machines capable of performing activities that require intelligence when that are done by people.
What is the ability to know something quickly and automatically?Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning.
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