Who is the most intelligent of your classmates? Think of her/him in your mind's eye, and write down a few words/phrases describing that person.
The most intelligent classmate in my mind's eye possesses several distinct attributes. She exhibits mental alertness and ready wit during class discussions.
She has a remarkable quickness in learning and an exceptional ability to understand relationships between complex concepts. Her behavior reflects the power of perceiving, learning, understanding, and knowing.
Furthermore, she demonstrates the ability to judge well, understand well, and reason well. Her intelligence is not just about scoring high grades but also her global and aggregate capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively with her environment.
Explanation
This question is an activity from the chapter designed to help students discover the attributes of intelligent persons. The answer uses the psychological attributes of intelligence mentioned in the text, such as mental alertness, ready wit, quickness in learning, and the ability to judge and reason well, to describe a hypothetical intelligent classmate.