ABSTRACT
Western psychologists have spent much energy on measuring what we have called intelligence; and it is sometimes acknowledged that the target of this chase has been shifting. P. E. Vernon assessed some Baganda by foreign standards, but he did not attempt to find out what the Kiganda concept of intelligence is, or how this might correspond with or relate to the Western concept. The Baganda group tend, with a few dissenters, to associate intelligence with mental order, while the Batoro group include more who are open to the idea that intelligence occurs sometimes with mental turmoil; and reminded of the Western notion of mental hyperactivity in genius. The chapter focuses on how Baganda at different educational levels think about intelligence. It shows that the existence of two overlapping though different conceptions of intelligence may have important applications in educational situations.
