According to Piaget, intelligence is what?

• A. Adaptive thinking or action; ability to think abstractly.
• B. Innate, fixed intelligence.
• C. Memory capacity alone.
• D. Emotional intelligence alone.

Answer: (A)

Intelligence, in Piaget's framework, is the capacity to adapt to the environment through thinking and action. This adaptive ability comes from using and continually reorganizing mental schemes through assimilation and accommodation as we interact with the world. As people encounter new situations, they seek equilibrium, refining their mental operations and, over time, developing more advanced and abstract ways of thinking, especially in the later stages of development. So intelligence isn’t a fixed trait or simply memory or emotions; it’s about how effectively someone can think through problems and adjust their thinking to fit new circumstances.