Intelligence
has been defined in many
different ways such as in terms of one's capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem
solving. It can also be more generally described as the ability to perceive and/or retain knowledge or information and apply it to itself or other
instances of knowledge or information creating referable understanding models
of any size, density, or complexity, due to any conscious or subconscious imposed will or
instruction to do so.
Intelligence
is most widely studied in humans,
but has also been observed in non-human animals and in plants. Artificial intelligence is the simulation of intelligence in
machines.
Within
the discipline of psychology,
various approaches to human intelligence have been adopted. The psychometric approach is especially familiar to the
general public, as well as being the most researched and by far the most widely
used in practical settings.[1]
