Intelligence quotient

NATURE V/S NURTURE DEBATE OF INTELLIGENCE Intelligence is a yardstick that people seem to be judged by these days. We use words like 'intelligence ' and 'retarded ' in our day-to-day life. But what exactly is intelligence? According to Vandenberg and Steven G. (1996)"Intelligence is a multifacetted, progressively evolving, adaptive activity which undergoes constant reorganization leading to qualitative changes, during the lifetime of the individual. It is developed in unity with the ca pacity…

In chapter four of the textbook Criminological Theory the Essentials by Stephen G. Tibbetts it discusses some criminological theories as to why some people commit crimes. Including Lombroso’s theory of crime (Tibbetts, 2012, p. 68), Binet’s IQ testing (Tibbetts, 2012, p. 73), and Sheldon’s body-type theory (Tibbetts, 2012, p. 76). Lombroso based his work on Darwin’s theories of evolution and idea of superior groups (Tibbetts, 2012, p. 68). Lombroso believed that some people were born atavism,…

Introduction In recent years, response to intervention (RTI) has been the focus of research, debate and educational implementation. Two scholarly journal articles were analyzed and synthesized to deepen this writer’s understanding of Response to Intervention. It is not known if or to what extent Reading Recovery (RR) and Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS) impact the reading levels of students who were reading below grade level. Both articles revealed the authors’ purpose,…

The nurture vs. nature debate is debated by many psychologist and sociologist. The nurture side of the debate is that a person’s traits are formed by the way one is raised. The nature aspect of the debate is that a person is born with and biologically given the traits that determine one’s perspective and personality. The authors of Psychology states that “Research reveals that nature and nurture together shape our development-every step of the way” (Myers 133). In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,…

Resiliency relates to the strengths perspective and empowerment of an individual and is the ability to bounce back from adverse situations (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Resiliency takes those strengths and abilities and applies them to assist in coping with adverse and stressful situations (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Being resilient allows individuals, groups, or communities to return to normal functioning after facing such a situation. Risk and protection are the two dimensions involved…

“When Bill was a little kid, he wanted to know everything about everything way before he should’ve even known he wanted to know”(Gladwell,42) This shows Bill Joy not only his intelligence but, also would later show his ambition in life to succeed. He had parents who cared for his education unlike Chris Langan and according to Bill Joy parents “We answered him when he could and when we couldn't, we would just give him a book.”(Gladwell…

The truth about all of this is college athletes and high school athletes are different than each other. A college athlete will most likely have some of the best grades in his class because if he/she has bad grades they will get kicked off their team and if he/she has a scholarship than that athlete will lose the scholarship they were given and will not be able to pay for college, so a college athlete has more to lose if they do not keep up in school. A high school athlete on the other hand has…

The evidence of intelligence being nature or nurture has been debated for decades. The nature’ side of the debate argues that a persons mental ability is based on what he/she is born with genetically. Likewise, to say that a person’s genetics solely establishes their mentality is to say that the environment in which one lives has no influence at all. On the other hand, the nurture side of the debate argues that intelligence is caused by a persons environment. To determine this, we will examine…

Intelligence is viewed as the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. Heredity and environment are two most important factors which influence the intelligence. Now the question arises, is the intelligence determined by nature or nurture? There is a great controversy between the influence of nature and nurture on the intelligence. Some people are of the view that intelligence is the result of traits passed by ancestor to descendant by genes and some people think that it is the…

The Controversy of Intelligence If you had been raised in a different environment, there are people who will say you would be just as intelligent as you are now, but there are also people who will say you would not have the same intelligence. For many years, psychologists have researched where intelligence comes from. Some say your intelligence is from nature. Some say it is from nurture. Others will say it is a combination of the two. The intelligence of a human has always been a controversy…