What is intelligence? I used to view intelligence as a person being smart or as .
" I viewed intelligence in a broad sense and had no idea of all .
The reasons that comprise and affect it. One could write an entire thesis on how such.
As opinion, memory, and learning all contribute to ones intelligence. It was.
Interesting to see that one of the most controversial and most heavily debated topics.
In psychology was one of the shortest chapters in our text. As with most areas of .
Psychology I found the area of intelligence to be interesting. Unlike past chapters .
I found myself not automatically agreeing with the information presented to me. So.
What is it that I do not agree with? First, I had to consider that I was .
Dealing with a broad subject and possibly my objections .
Could be quelled with more information. On further evaluation of the material.
I realized my problem was with the test that they use to measure intelligence. .
Figure 1 Breakdown of IQ scores and the percentage of the population they represent.
Imagine that a test to decide your intelligence. A test, of which the .
Outcome could dramatically affect your entire life by labeling you as smart or dumb. .
I could only imagine how harmful this classifying could be to a child. I have .
always had a problem with so-called standardized tests. When these Intelligence .
Test are given how much do they consider for reasons such as test .
Apprehension, various interferences, and the influence of the observer effect. In addition, who .
Makes the determination of what is standard for a specific age group. .
Some group of psychologist has the awesome responsibility of determining what is .
standard to a 10 year old. Over the years there have been things that my peers .
Knew and I did not and the inverse was true. Therefore, how does one determine what? .
The average person in a specific age group should know. These so called .