Intelligence quotient

Hidden Figures is a biography film about an African American women mathematician Katherine Johnson, and her colleagues Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. It is about the challenges they faced while working at NASA during the time of the space race. Katherine Johnson was a widowed mother of three who works most of her time and struggles to be the first African American in her department at NASA. Dorothy Vaughan is a wife and mother who does supervisor work but does not get promoted to supervisor…

studying Intelligence and Creativity are ‘what are the differences and similarities of the two?’ as well as ‘what are their relationships?’ For years, this topic has been a debacle for many researchers and psychologists. Most have thought “(1) creativity is a subset of intelligence; (2) intelligence is a subset of creativity; (3) creativity and intelligence are overlapping sets; (4) creativity and intelligence are essentially the same thing (coincident sets); and (5) creativity and intelligence…

IQ or intelligence quotient is said by some to be one of the best ways to measure a person’s intellectual capability. Similarly, in the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, a mentally challenged man named Charlie Gordon undergoes a surgery to triple his IQ of 68 to 204. As the story progresses, Charlie slowly but surely starts to become smarter and gains more self-awareness for his surroundings, making him angry and often frustrated with his doctors. At the peak of his…

(1959) by Daniel Keyes with an intent to prove why it is written in a form of a reflective journal. The main protagonist, Charlie Gordon, wrote about his personal experience with an experimental surgical research that attempted to increase his intelligence quotient (IQ). As a result of this research-based intervention, Charlie's IQ was successfully tripled. Likewise, the same experiment was conducted on a laboratory mouse, Algernon. The structure of the novel is a narrative style that helps the…

An individual’s potential to succeed has for years been superficially measured by a score on a standardized test, known globally as an Intelligence Quotient Test. The result of this test is a number, an “I.Q.”; a higher I.Q. translates into greater intelligence, and therefore, potential for the success. In Senior Editor, Deborah Perkins-Gough’s article for Educational Leadership Magazine, “The Significance of Grit: A Conversation with Angela Lee Duckworth”, she chronicles her interview with Ms…

differentiating the individuals’ abilities, the intelligence test is introduced to investigate the individual differences across different countries, age groups and gender. However, the definition and measurement of intelligence are varied from time to time, and it raises the interest of psychologists to discuss the phenomenon. This essay will first describe the formation of the concept of intelligence. It will then depict the evolution of the intelligence test and its relation to the change of…

An IQ score, also known as an intelligence quotient, is a way that human intelligence is measured. This measurement is usually based on taking a standardized test. There are many different types of standardized IQ tests, many of which you can easily find online for free. The question is, are these types of IQ tests accurate? Let's look at some of them and find out. The first IQ test we'll be focusing on; retrieved from alliqtests.com, is one of the many general IQ tests you can find around the…

could music have had helped the minds of our ancestors become smarter and help lead society to where it is today? Well no if your simply listening to music but actively playing, manipulating, creating, and studying music does have an effect on intelligence; in 2010 a survey 18.08 million Americans said they play an instrument with 49.9 million Americans in the U.S.A in 2010 only 6.9 percent of music players were truly passionate about playing music.(Statista) Aside from the people who play…

in which anyone could invest in a greater level of intelligence. Artificially increased intelligence could change one’s life, being a great technological advantage for some and a great shortcoming for others. Earl Hunt, the Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington and President of the International Society for Research, has found that there is a possibility of “tweak[ing]” the brain 's mechanisms to increase intelligence surgically. From a theoretical standpoint, this…

most commonly espoused answers to “Yali’s Question” is that there is a biological difference among different groups of people, or that Europeans are just superior to other races. Jared Diamond proves this wrong by stating that human differences in intelligence is caused by the difference in technology, that on average modern day people who live in the “Stone Age” are probably more intelligent than industrialized people. Another common answer to “Yali’s Question” is that Europeans were able to…