Intelligence - what is it, how can we measure it and can we rely .
upon the results given by different tests like IQ or psychology ones? .
It has long been an issue of debate of different scientists, and .
almost everyone had its own point of view according to the word .
"intelligence". The research made by American journalists in 1985 can .
serve as a vivid example of this. A group of journalists made a .
request to twenty-five different independent researchers united one .
common idea - the study of functions of brain and its supreme .
activity- intelligence, to give a definition to the word .
"intelligence". The results are turned out to be as were expected. The .
journalists got twenty-five completely different definitions .
describing the word "intelligence". It has been claimed that the study .
of intelligence (mental processes occurring in the brain) is too .
complex and mysterious to yield clear results of defining a person .
whether he is intelligent or not. .
In my essay I will try to answer the questions mentioned above, .
give my own clear interpretations of some quotations about .
intelligence and intellectuals cited by famous people and to explain .
the very essence of intelligence, as I understand. What is .
intelligence? Most of people will say it is innate, general ability to .
think better than others, probably, there is meaning, but I think we .
have to take a more deep glance at this issue. Intelligence implies .
also such things as ability to adapt quickly to new things and .
problems in life, including personality traits, attitudes, and other .
things. In psychology, intelligence is defined as the capacity to .
acquire knowledge or understanding and to use it in new situations. .
The views of intelligence are differ, for example, Jacques Barzun in .
his book "The House of Intellect" writes- " Since it is seldom clear .
whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a .
vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a .
