The traditional view of intelligence mainly emphasizes the intellectual ability centered on what.

The traditional view of intelligence mainly emphasizes the intellectual ability centered on logic and language. Including: understanding, judging, solving problems, abstract thinking, expressing thoughts and language, and learning ability. When considering animal intelligence, "intelligence" can also be summarized as: the ability to effectively adapt to the environment by changing itself, changing the environment or looking for a new environment.

Intelligence includes many aspects, such as observation, memory, imagination, analysis and judgment, thinking ability, adaptability and so on. The level of intelligence is usually expressed by IQ, which is used to express the level of intellectual development.

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Intelligence is not innate, and education and teaching play a leading role in the development of intelligence. Education and teaching can not only enable children to acquire the knowledge and experience of predecessors, but also promote the development of children's psychological ability.

For example, when teachers use the method of analysis and generalization to teach course content, they not only enable students to acquire relevant knowledge, but also master this method as a means of thinking. This ability will be formed if this external teaching method and learning method are gradually transformed into internal generalized thinking operation.