Intelligence tests

Set during the atomic war, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, describes a situation between many boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island after a plane crash. Since no parents are on the plane which crashed, the boys learn to navigate alone through the unfamiliar territory in order to survive. Starting with the first interaction, the boys begins to fight for dominance. This causes lots of conflict between the three main boys: Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. As they fight for control,…

Chengyang Jiang Prof. David Bretz AAD 251 Final Reflection June 7, 15 1. How has this class experience enhanced your ability to communicate visually? How are you more visually literate? Usually, what people see have profound effect on what people do, how people feel, and who they are. The class experience helps increase the understanding of the visual world. Communication is the most important tool of social existence and survival, communication is also a complex process that requires a good…

Tonality is a phenomenon that is responsible for our perceptions and expectations of music. Schleuter compares tonality to “glue,” implying that it allows to make connections in music, transforming pitches and rhythms into continuous musical thoughts and ideas. Tonality is a learned ability that is obtained by applying tonal memory. Tonal memory is basically the ability to distinguish pitches from each other, allowing us to remember the contour of melodies and mimic them. When listening to a…

People’s personalities are a plethora of peculiarities that make them who they are. No one is merely this or simply that--everyone has a blend of traits that shape their perspective and their lives. Angela Duckworth, the author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, wrote “In the end, the plurality of character operates against any one virtue being uniquely important” (Duckworth, 274). No one can be solely defined by a single characteristic; people are multidimensional and their…

“Prodigies” tells a story of Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic artist who became famous because of his talented drawings. Being a typical autist, he is reserved, has very low intelligence level but possesses a photographic memory and ability to draw the things he once saw accurately. Yet, Stephen appears to suffer from his disease more than benefit as his talent does not improve in time, and he is not able to care for himself. Savant syndrome is characterized by having one well-developed trait…

“Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn” the author Carol S. Dweck informs us about the two different types of mindsets people have about intelligence. Dweck delegates that there is two different mindsets; fixed and growth mindsets. Dweck states that fixed mindset is when someone believes that you are born with a certain amount of intelligence. On the other hand, a person with a growth mindset believes that in order to be intelligent you have to work hard for it. A person…

Self-Reflection Profile Essay The following self-reflection profile essay highlights my professional and academic experiences as it relates to Gladwell’s 10,000 hour rule. Gladwell presents research from neurologist Daniel Levitin that explains “that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert-in anything” (Gladwell, 2008, pg. 39). Gladwell states that “outliers in a particular field reached their lofty status through a…

In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes a character by the name of Charlie Gordon has an operation to increase his IQ. All the time, Charlie gets picked on by everyone, but doesn’t know it; he has a form of mental retardation that inhibits his ability to learn, spell and remember facts and information. Even though Charlie gets the operation, does it really help him out in the long run? Charlie was disliked for being absent minded before the operation and being a bit dull, but…

more. In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” Charlie Gordon was a mentally challenged man who had the chance of a lifetime. Charlie was lucky enough to have an Artificial Intelligence surgery that later tripled his I.Q. of only 68, making him a genius. He was able to do great things with his intelligence. It was a great idea for Charlie to have the surgery because he got to experience what it felt like to be smart. He also got to experience emotions he had never felt before.…

There are generalized ideas about why a nation succeeds or fails but they are just that, generalized ideas. The intelligence of a nation has nothing to do with its GDP, and its success is not determined by its culture or geography. Explaining away the differences in two nations, like North and South Korea, that are side-by-side and were once a single nation by geography and culture simply does not work. What does explain the differences in nations, however, is the political and economic…