Most psychologists conceptualize intelligence as
A) post-formal thought.
B) the ability to make competent decisions.
C) being similar to hypothetico-deductive reasoning.
D) the ability to think logically about abstract concepts.
D) the ability to think logically about abstract concepts. Most of the psychological research on intelligence comes from the Western, industrialized perspective of Europe and the United States. Theorists within this perspective generally define intelligence as the ability to learn, think logically about abstract concepts, and adapt to the environment—very similar to Piaget's views of formal operational thought.
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