Intelligence: A combination of heredity, environmental, and social factors that influence behaviors to be adapted in order to attain new knowledge and complete tasks.
by shawn mcmorris
1. Using prior knowledge to understand a new task.
2. Intelligence is fluid and always changing. Experiences have an impact on intelligence.
3. Heredity- Children and parents often have similar intellegence.
4. Environmental- Socioeconomic factors- higer income families tend to have children with higher intelligence. Malnutrition can cause a disruption in cognitive processing.
5. Attending school raises a child's intelligence level.
