Is having good memory, part of being intelligent??

Answer 1

I think that most people look at memory and intelligence and relate the two, but I dont think that it is. Look at Albert Einstein. His memory wasn't all too great, it took him forever to learn stuff. He wasn't the smartest person in his class, and his instructors all told him that he didn't have what it takes to make it in life. And yet, throughout history Einstein is one of the most identifiable intelligent people.

I think that good memory helps when dealing with intelligence, but it isn't a major part of intelligence itself.

Answer 2

I think memory is the most unversal aspect of intelligence. We have yet to come up with a universal definition of intelligence, and how we assess intelligence is often a function of what we apply our minds to. But no matter what your area of interest is, you can't be very intelligent within it if you can't remember what you've learned. That's why I stopped smoking weed when I went to college.

Answer 3

People retain what they care about in their memory. If it is not important to them, it is dropped by the way. One can't remember everything! As to it being part of intelligence, of course it is.

Answer 4

My direct parents? My mother is mentally ill and didn't graduate from high school. My father? Who knows? I always knew I was smarter than them. Not "better" just smarter. As for the folks who raised me like my grandparents, I know there are some things I was taught in school that they weren't, especially when it comes to literature. However, my grandpa was a manager in a manufacturing company before his retirement and my grandma was the best nurse at a retirement home before she retired so I know they are indeed smarter than me in that area. BQ: Grandparents. I don't think my culture played a part in my relationship with them. I think that was more related to the circumstances of my birth.

Answer 5

Intelligence and a good memory are often cohabitants of the same mind, but there are idiots with infallible memory, and there are absent-minded geniuses. Isaac Newton was notoriously absent minded, and would often forget to eat.

Answer 6

I have lost some memory, and abilities i took for granted, now i have to read your question over and over to remember,(motorcycle accident).
Now I'm treated like a tard!
I still have some intelligents though, I think!
Just takes me longer now, and i don't have the sharp wit i used to have! So i have overheard!
Sucks!!!

Answer 7

why not.
some people have photographic memory and they are simply a genius. they remember what they were tought

everyone has an ability, no matter who u are
let us take the africans for an example.
they may be poor and starving

but they try t carry on their lives. their ability is their will to carry on.
to carry on living. for all whom they love and respect.

even the rich and evil has an ability
their adhansed common sence.
their brains, to think of evil plots and get their hands on $$.

an ability may be a talent or even you mind itself.

Answer 8

not necessarily ,being intelligent does'nt only mean excelling in academics,but also many things that we do in our day to day life has also a lot to do with being intelligent.eg. a person who never went to school may do his everyday as well as other activities better than any one who memorises a lot.it all depends on how a person looks at the task he has to do,and completes it in a very efficient way.

Answer 9

Part of it but not all of it. Emotional intelligence goes a long way.

Answer 10

YESS!!! I used to have a friend in school. she can memorise a lot of things, expecially when the teacher is teaching, when exam comes, she gives back the teacher what he gave and more.

The least that girl could get is 'A'. She was voted the best pupil in class.

My friend that is INTELLIGENCE.