Aptitude - Word of The Day Dictionary (Vocabulary) of Psychology & Education
- By Pawan Kumar Jha (Pawan Sir)
Definition of Attitude by Oxford
1. a natural ability to do something.
2. suitability or fitness.
Definition of Attitude by Webster
1: Inclination, Tendency
2: a natural ability : Talent
3: Capacity For Learning
4: General Suitability : Aptness
Definition of Attitude by Cambridge
a natural ability or skill.
Definition of Attitude by Collins
Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
The most appropriate explanation of aptitude is given by Bingham, which is included in Warren’s Dictionary of psychology. He defines aptitude as- “A condition or set of characteristics regarded as symptomatic of an individual’s ability to acquire with training some (usually specified) knowledge, skill or set of responses, such as ability to speak a language, to produce music …”
Bingham further states that aptitude is a measure of probabilities of success of an individual with training is certain type of situations such as playing violin. So aptitude is something more than the ability. It is ability plus suitability of performance. A person may be a good scholar, because he possesses high verbal ability, but not necessarily a good teacher.
Conclusive Definition-
In psychology, An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Outstanding aptitude can be considered "talent". An aptitude may be physical or mental. Aptitude is inborn potential to do certain kinds of work whether developed or undeveloped.
The most common definition of aptitude involves an innate ability to perform an activity or task. It is, in essence, the predisposition we all come into the world with to do well in certain areas and maybe not so well in others. This ability supersedes environmental variables and “nurture”; we are born with a certain aptitude for particular domains, such as music, drawing, language, and so forth.
Aptitude refers to a generalized ability to learn; the environment may contribute to us being able to manifest this ability but is not responsible for instilling it, if it was not present at birth.
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