ABSTRACT
WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE? If you had two psychologists in a room and asked them what intelligence was, you would probably get three opinions. Intelligence is one of those elusive concepts that is very diffi cult to defi ne. We all seem to have a general idea of what it means and might even be able to point out someone who we think is intelligent, but it has eluded a formal defi nition that researchers can agree upon. However, we will adopt the following broad defi nition. Intelligence is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations (Myers, 2001). Th e last part of this defi nition is particularly important, because it gets at the crux of what it means to be smart. An intelligent agent, be it a person or machine, must be able to adapt successfully to changed circumstances.
