In popular usage, the word personality is something akin to attractiveness, charm of charisma. It generally refers to the physical or external appearance of an individual and is often understood in terms of social attractiveness. The literal meaning of personality is derived from the Latin word persona, the mask used by actors in the Roman …
Howard Gardner claimed that most previous conceptualisations of intelligence had been too narrowly based. He argued that evidence from several different sources (e.g. cross-cultural accounts of cognition, studies of exceptional groups, psychometric data, and psychological training studies) pointed to the existence of several intelligences. According to Gardner, intelligence is much more than IQ because a …
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In the previous article we had discussed the basic concept and definitions of Intelligence. This article summarises the different theories of intelligence postulated by different researchers to explain the nature of intelligence. Let’s start with the first intelligence theory: Uni or one factor theory As mentioned in Concept & Definitions of Intelligence, Alfred Binet was …
Intelligence is one of the basic parameters employed to know how individuals differ from one another. In broader sense, the term Intelligence is used to denote the presence of such qualities as alertness, quickness of mind, level of one’s academic success, status in an occupation, or the acquisition of an eminence in a particular field …
In 1955, a comprehensive legislation was passed to bring uniformity in the tenancy legislation, which is known as the Rajasthan Tenancy Act 1955. The Act received the assent of the President on the 14th Day of March, 1955 and came into force with effect from 15th October 1955. In Tehsils Abu, Amer and Sunel, this …
