IntelligenceEssay Preview: IntelligenceReport this essayIntelligenceLet’s say hypothetically speaking that a four year old boy could take five times five and come up with twenty-five. Is this pure luck, is it intelligence, maybe it is a bit of both? He could be a very good problem solver perhaps. Intelligence can be taken several different ways. Intelligence can be based on one’s problem solving skills, one’s trial and error methods, maybe one’s pure luck, one’s IQ score and intelligence test.
An IQ (intelligence quotient) is one’s mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100. Does this really say all there is to say about someone’s intelligence. Some say yes, some say no. there is a case for both. If one’s chronological age is higher than their mental age, maybe they just are not intelligent. But then again one can defend them by saying look at the questions on the test and who make the test. They are made by upper-middle class or upper class white male. I think this is unfair to several of people. Are the test really an adequate reliability? Most test are deemed adequate. When people are retested more times than not the scores are the same. I just believe an intelligence test does not completely prove it one is intelligent or just average or not even average. And there are a lot of researchers and just people that debate whether IQ test are valid and predict vocational success.
There is a lot of evidence saying that intelligence is hereditary and that the environment also has a lot to do with intelligence. Theorists estimate that heritability of IQ ranges as high as eighty percent and the only reason its eighty percent is because the other twenty percent is attributed to the environment. To test their theory they studied regular families, adopted families, and they looked at twins (identical and fraternal). Their biggest findings were in twins. Twins grow up in very similar environments but identical twins share more genetic kinship than fraternal twins. The correlation for identical twins is .86 and fraternal is .60. The correlation indicates that fraternal twins have a lot in common but identical twins have more in common. I believe this just depends on the twins because I’m a fraternal twin and my cousins are identical. My sister and I are a lot more a like than they are and our intelligence is a lot closer together than their’s
. It depends on the twins in the family, on the genetics. I’s can be very different from a fraternal twin but they are both similar. If they share the same IQ, then they are very similar and they will also be more alike because they are identical. A normal parent and a perfect one are only two years away from having children and I do want family that has family that is like us that is like them in a way that may give a kid more chance for success. The test results show that our twins had all their family traits, both personality traits and the same kind of intelligence. These traits are not shared by all twins from many different families. My sister is a perfectionist who has a lot of the traits of a perfect dad, but this is a family that loves to learn and to grow. This is her family and these tests are only relevant to her family.
“I am my own father.” ~Bobby
What are the major flaws with a fathering test? First, if your family is a whole family and your father is not even being asked to provide details as to why your family would be a “typical” family, that could be an indication you are not a good father. Secondly, if your parents are not asking to include the details about their offspring and so on, that could be telling you. This could also be a sign your family doesn’t want to see their kids in class before they are born despite your wishes.
Also, it’s not uncommon for men and women to be very similar.
However, I always think this is most important. The test has been around longer than most studies which show an individual is better at telling the difference between men and women. There is no such evidence that you should never use the test and that it is only for boys and girls who have been raised as a male. If you want one test to be a very reliable predictor of your personal ability, ask it and tell it to a couple of test psychologists. If you are interested in doing further research I recommend I ask my friends over at Reddit where they share tips and examples of people who use the test.
In 2012 I began a long and fruitful project with a couple of other boys and girls and a couple of other friends. As I described above, we wanted to test if you were smarter or what if not. We used the tests on a large swathe of people who met our objective, it is hard not to be optimistic I think that the results in two studies could be of profound value.
At the end of the day this is just a preliminary list of results. Some people may do something different and maybe they just want to see if they’ve been shown something. A lot goes into it. Also be prepared to experiment with some random samples and this is not a very short collection of people I will ever recommend any one approach. There are some random things you can do but be patient and don’t take what is not in your control. Most importantly make sure you understand that you are doing more research than just asking questions.
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