Dear Tipsters, As a historical note, my understanding is that "intelligence" is dervied from the Latin "inter legens" that means "between reading" or loosely "reading between the lines".
You might enjoy seeing how this idea applies to various uses of the term "intelligence". Using a phrase that was applied to perception, it means "going beyond the information given". Do you think that this should be applied to emotiona, social, spiritual etc? Stuart Date sent: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:19:56 -0400 From: "Christopher D. Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: IQ Send reply to: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Allen Esterson wrote: > > > Incidentally, I wish that IQ was discussed in terms of well-constructed IQ > > tests being a measure (albeit imperfect) of *cognitive* intelligence, > > rather than �intelligence�. Any comments on this also welcome! > > Wouldn't this just give the game over to all those who have, of late, > attempted to "extend" (read: misuse) the word "intelligence" in order to lend > historical weight and credibility to their own more questionable projects > (e.g., emotional intelligence, social intelligence, spiritual intelligence, > etc.). The word comes from the same root as "intellect." What could be more > "cognitive" than that? If there are other mental virtues we want to study > (emotional *sensitivity*? social *skill*? spiritual *awareness*?) then let's > call them by their right names rather than try to falsely capitalize on the > succes of those in other domains. > > Regards, > -- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > M3J 1P3 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 > fax: 416-736-5814 > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600 Department of Psychology, Extension 2402 Bishop's University, Fax: (819)822-9661 3 Route 108 East, Lennoxville, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quebec J1M 1Z7, Canada. Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy ___________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
