INTELLIGENCE AS POLINAUCHNAYA CATEGORY: ESSENCE, CONTENT, FUNCTIONS, DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DEFINING
Considering the intelligence as poly scientific category, the authors firstly analyze different approaches to the definition of the concept. Analyzed experimental psychological theory of intelligence developed in the framework of various foreign and domestic approaches focused on the identification of mechanisms of intellectual activity. Secondly, the author formulated a definition that reveals the nature, structure and functions of the phenomenon. Presents the author's interpretation of intelligence as a universal set of mental functions (abilities) of the subject related to the characteristics of the reflection of the world, getting information in the process of cognitive activity, its processing and effective use in the transformation of the world.