14. "Intelligence is a property of mind that encompasses many related mental abilities, such as the capacities to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn." Wikipedia, 4 October, 2006 15. "Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practise; the ability to learn and comprehend." Wiktionary, 4 October, 2006
16. "The ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems." Word Central Student Dictionary, 2006 17. "The ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience." Wordnet 2.1, 2006 18. "The capacity to learn, reason, and understand." Wordsmyth Dictionary, 2006

## 3 Psychologist Definitions

This section contains definitions from psychologists. In some cases we have not yet managed to locate the exact reference and would appreciate any help in doing so.

1. "Intelligence is not a single, unitary ability, but rather a composite of several functions. The term denotes that combination of abilities required for survival and advancement within a particular culture." A. Anastasi [2]
2. ". . . that facet of mind underlying our capacity to think, to solve novel problems, to reason and to have knowledge of the world." M. Anderson [3]
3. "It seems to us that in intelligence there is a fundamental faculty, the alteration or the lack of which, is of the utmost importance for practical life. This faculty is judgement, otherwise called good sense, practical sense, initiative, the faculty of adapting ones self to circumstances." A. Binet [5]
4. "We shall use the term 'intelligence' to mean the ability of an organism to solve new problems . . . " W. V. Bingham [6]
5. "Intelligence is what is measured by intelligence tests." E. Boring [7]

6. ". . . a quality that is intellectual and not emotional or moral: in measuring it we try to rule out the effects of the child's zeal, interest, industry, and the like. Secondly, it denotes a general capacity, a capacity that enters into everything the child says or does or thinks; any want of 'intelligence' will therefore be revealed to some degree in almost all that he attempts;" C. L. Burt [8]
7. "A person possesses intelligence insofar as he has learned, or can learn, to adjust himself to his environment." S. S. Colvin quoted in [35]