Learning is one thing, but parents often wonder about their baby’s intelligence. Clearly, it would seem that learning and intelligence are related, but how are these concepts connected? It depends, to some extent, on how you define intelligence. And there are as many definitions of intelligence as scientists who care to ponder the issue. The majority, however, acknowledge that intelligence has something to do with how a person deals with and adapts to challenges in his world. The more flexible and effective a person is in adapting to the environment and making sense out of chaos, the more intelligent he is seen to be. The key words are adaptability and flexibility. In a child’s world, life is full of urgent and important questions: what is that funny looking thing staring down at me from my crib? Who is that strange person who comes every time I cry?
When talking about intelligence, most theorists also point to how we are able to learn different types of information. Scientists believe there are two basic types of knowledge: