Variations in Psychological Attributes
How is 'aptitude' different from 'interest' and intelligence?
Aptitude:
(i) Aptitude refers to combination of characterstics indicative of an individual's potential to acquire some specific skills with training.
(ii) It is specific mental ability or teach ability of an individual to learn a particular skill.
(iii) It is the potentiality to perform a particular activity.
(iv) Aptitude is a determiner to learn a particular skill.
Interest:
(i) Interest refers to preference for a particular activity or what one enjoys doing.
(ii) Interest are acquired/learnt.
(iii) Interest is a facilitator.
An individual with high scientific aptitude having strong interest in mechanical activities is more likely to be successful mechanical engineer.
(i) Intelligence is a global and aggregate capacity of an individual to think rationally, act purposefully and to deal effectively with her/his environment.
(ii) Intelligence is a general mental ability.
(iii) It is product of heredity and environment.
(iv) It does not require training for the growth.
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Are there cultural differences in the conceptulisation of intelligence?
What is IQ? How do psychologists classify people on the bases of their IQ scores?
How can you differentiate between verbal and performance tests of intelligence?
All persons do not have the same intellectual capacity. How do individuals vary in their intellectual ability?
Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life and Why?
How is 'aptitude' different from 'interest' and intelligence?
How is creativity related to intelligence?
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How creativity and creativity tests are related but different from each other?
What do you mean by individual differences?
How individual differences are useful for the society?
Why does the behaviour of an individual vary from situation to situation?
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