Intelligence Nature Vs Nurture

Intelligence is seemingly very important to our society, maybe a little too important to how we rank people. Well since it is so important what exactly is it? Intelligence by definition is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. Intelligence test are very common in our society to rank people quite literally from the smartest to the dumbest. We as being human like being able to call ourselves smart or intelligent.
Which brings me to my next point is being called smart the same thing as being called intelligent? To compare the two by definition is quite intriguing, the definition for intelligence shown above is in a sense the same as smart; being smart is having or showing a quick-witted intelligence. Why some people call the …show more content…
We start that debate by explaining that nature is a persons natural response to something that happens to them. On the other hand nurture is how a person might be brought up, or raised. I can agree that both nature and nurture can have something to do with how intelligent a given person may be, but you also have to understand that a person can add on and keep building to their intelligence. For example, it may not be nature to know how to build or put together a doll house or cooking a certain meal; but by gaining the knowledge of how to do that certain thing increases your intelligence even in the slightest.
Finally, I would like to discuss the topic of whether or not a person intelligence can become fixed or no longer increasing at a certain age. I personally believe that a persons brain would never limit the beholder to a fixed intelligence. The human brain is a marvelous thing and can obtain so much throughout our lives and I feel it would be almost a malfunction for us to stop growing at a certain age. However, we do have psychological diseases and disorders that do hinder our want for increasing intelligence when we are at any ago such as Alzheimer's and ADD (attention deficit