Crystallized intelligence is described as the ability to recall information learned previously.

Crystallized intelligence is described as the ability to recall information learned previously.

• A. Fluid intelligence
• B. Existential intelligence
• C. Crystallized intelligence
• D. Visual-Spatial intelligence

Answer: (C)

Crystallized intelligence is the store of knowledge and skills that you’ve accumulated through learning and experience, and the ability to retrieve that information from memory. When a question asks you to recall information learned previously, you’re tapping this accumulated knowledge—facts, vocabulary, general information, and rules that you’ve been taught or that you’ve practiced over time. This type of intelligence tends to grow as you study and experience more, because more knowledge provides more material to pull from when you remember things. Fluid intelligence, by contrast, is about solving new problems and reasoning in unfamiliar situations without relying on what you already know, which is why it isn’t about recalling learned material. The other two types describe different kinds of abilities—visual-spatial intelligence involves mentally manipulating objects in space, and existential intelligence (where discussed) relates to thinking about big questions and meaning—areas not focused on recollecting information learned in the past.

Crystallized intelligence is the store of knowledge and skills that you’ve accumulated through learning and experience, and the ability to retrieve that information from memory. When a question asks you to recall information learned previously, you’re tapping this accumulated knowledge—facts, vocabulary, general information, and rules that you’ve been taught or that you’ve practiced over time. This type of intelligence tends to grow as you study and experience more, because more knowledge provides more material to pull from when you remember things.

Fluid intelligence, by contrast, is about solving new problems and reasoning in unfamiliar situations without relying on what you already know, which is why it isn’t about recalling learned material. The other two types describe different kinds of abilities—visual-spatial intelligence involves mentally manipulating objects in space, and existential intelligence (where discussed) relates to thinking about big questions and meaning—areas not focused on recollecting information learned in the past.