educational purposes while others watch it for entertainment and to spend quality time with family. Therefore, each American household will have a different outcome of how television affects them directly. Television has a direct influence on the intelligence levels of Americans based on the programs that are viewed and how they mentally process the information within it. Television and its Relationship to Science Many Americans watch television…
the word intelligence. Intelligence can be considered a measure of a person’s level of knowledge, the brainpower one person may possess, or the intellect one has developed through education. Can everyone be intelligent? Are some people born smarter than others? Can intelligence be learned, taught, or developed over an extended period of time? How often are people labeled for being intelligent or unintelligent just based off of test scores alone. What if there was more to intelligence than just…
used to help predict their future habits in relation to intelligence. But as people grow older there are some limitations, that is why many psychologist are updating the way they look at these tests. For example there are many other factors that can attribute to ones score. The environment someone grew up in, cultural bias, life experiences. These are things that can limit how accurately ones intellect is depicted when taking and intelligence test (Benson, 2003) When analyzing some of these…
Drawing from this, he presents the idea of developing a “functional Multiple Intelligences theory (fMI)”, (2013) so it can be actually tested. Testing of this fMI may result in demonstration of how learning through various information processing units of the brain facilitates, inhibits, or does not interact with learning through others…
The Turing Test: What Does it Accomplish? The growth of technology over the past several decades has brought about immense inquiry regarding the intelligence, awareness, and consciousness of computers and other forms of technology. From the Jetsons, and Star Wars, to iRobot and Westworld, society has been enthralled with the potentiality of computers possessing human-like qualities; or even having the ability to think on their own. Decades before the growth of technology and the development…
multiple intelligences. I could remember the meaning of the term, but I was not sure the eight criteria of Gardner’s multiple intelligences. When Professor Evans told the class to write them down on a piece sheet of paper, I could only write a few of them. But then, when Professor Evans wrote them down on a board, thankfully I was able to recall them. During the summer camp, I truly experienced that every student possess their own distinct intelligence. The concept of multiple intelligences…
further refers to the traditional psychometric view of intelligence as outdated. He states that from multiple, converging lines there is evidence to propose that human beings have evolved as a species to possess at least seven distinct forms of intelligence - defined as the ability to solve problems or fashion products that are valued in at least one cultural setting or community. Hattingh (1997:143) mentions Wechsler's definition of intelligence as the aggregate or global capacity of the…
abuse and victims as well as developing profiles of older people at the risk of abuse. This article also discusses a parent and child relationship in abusive context. There are three explanations, theories such as co-dependency as a key dynamic in abusive relationships. The second is based on stress theories and historical cross-generation at explanation. The third and final is based on abusive relationships that relates to the abusive personality. The first abusive behavior is often a result of…
1. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. It includes the following skills: Emotional awareness - the ability to identify our own emotions and those of others; The ability to use emotions in tasks like problems solving; The ability to manage emotions by regulating our own emotions, and to cheer up or calm down other person emotions. Emotion refers to the feelings associated with the vigorous motion…
A Rounded Version: A Theory of Multiple Intelligences Critics of Multiple Intelligence Test are saying it is just another excuse to fail at learning. In fact, they are chopping it up to being gifted in another area. However, I took the MI test and it was right on the mark saying I tested highest in Kinaesthetic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal. Therefore, Intrapersonal is like when I’m being honest with myself as when I took the test. Next, I agree with the test when it says my stronger points…