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Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge to think and reason effectively and to deal adaptively with the environment. Intelligence quotient(iq): was the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by. 100 (mental age/ chronological age)x100: a child performing at his age level would have an iq of 100, however the concept doesn"t work well with adults. Welchsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence in 1967. G factor (general intelligence): a component of intellectual performance according to spearman: many theorist continue to believe that it is the core for intelligence. Thurstone concluded that human mental performance depends not on a general factor but rather on 7 distinct abilities- primary mental abilities: space, verbal comprehension, word fluency, number facility, perceptual speed, rote memory, reasoning. Educators tend to find the specific abilities notion of intelligence more attractive and useful then the general mental ability.