Intelligence

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" "Intelligence" is frequently and casually used in both everyday conversation and academic discourse, as though it were an identifiable, measurable quantity. Yet, the truth is that intelligence still enjoys the status of being a metaphysical term, like truth or beauty. However, a conception of what it means to be intelligent is both useful and, in some cases, necessary for the proper functioning of certain contexts like schools and workplaces. This paper will discuss a definition of intelligence as it relates to these contexts, as well as the implications of such a definition for the classroom and the workplace.

There are numerous theories of intelligence, both implicit and explicit. Implicit are the informal ideas that exist in people's minds regarding what it means to be intelligent: smart, quick.."

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