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Explain how two historical and/or current definitions of intelligence have influenced current cognitive assessments tools. Provide specific examples.

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Provides an explanation of how intelligence definitions have influenced cognitive assessment tools in 250 words with references.

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There have been many definitions, across the history, about what means to be intelligent, gifted, and/or mentally challenged. From the first Galton's definitions, resting on psychometric correlations and concerning with intelligence as measured, to the current global and integral definitions that include many different factors (Marcos, 2003). Today the definition of intelligence comes from a cognitive perspective as a repertoire of those skills, strategies, and knowledge structures that are most instrumental in human effectiveness. The changes ...

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