1. How would you define intelligence? Incorporate text and PowerPoint information.
The definition of intelligence I got from the book was that intelligence is “The global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the environment.” The information I got from the presentation describes intelligence as Two contrasting views. The first of wich is the view that intelligence is a changing cognitive process that helps us acquire knowledge and function. the second of wich is the view that intelligence is a fixed ability, which is in part due to genetics. As for my own views on what defines intelligence, I define intelligence as your fluctuating cognitive ability and capacity to learn or understand information
IQ while a good evaluation of a persons ability to solve logic problems is not the epitome of intelligence. If you have IQ with out practical or social intelligence in a significant quantity it wont garner you much success in the world. It needs an addition of that practical or social intelligence in order for you to become exceptionally successful within the world. The examples put forth in the book are of Chris Langan who’s IQ was in the 190 to 200’s range, Terman’s Termites (a group of students with IQ’s of 140+ that Terman followed for his Genetic Studies of Genius.), and Robert Oppenheimer. We also have two differing tests one that touches on just IQ and the other that touches on practical intelligence.
Allen Mangan Section 11 Ms. Cara Dees 10-1-14 Explanatory Synthesis What does it mean to be truly intelligent? Is intelligence simply book smarts, an understanding of facts, or the ability to graduate with honors from a prestigious university? Or is intelligence something much deeper and personal? Authors David Foster Wallace and Mike Rose both address the topic of intelligence in their writing, and they speak to this very question.
Obstacles of Intelligence The definition of intelligence is “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.” Chaim Potok has created many incredibly intelligent characters in his novel The Chosen. These characters have many trials they must overcome. Some must overcome sickness, or possible overcome losing a dear friend, even one may be helpless to what his father wants. Nevertheless, they overcome these obstacles.
In the readings Hidden Intellectualism, Gerald Graff and Blue-Collar Brilliance, Mike Rose both authors talk about intelligence, and what we understand intelligence to mean. Graff’s uses the words “book and street smarts” to explain his meaning of intellect. Rose uses his mothers and uncles job life experience to explain his. Both authors make it clear that to be intelligent doesn’t always relate to your knowledge of textbooks and readings, but to how you take what you learned in those reading and put them into everyday life experiences. Graff street smart intelligence is someone who is intelligent about life.
Intelligence is what gets us by everyday; it gets us jobs and helps to provide for ourselves and others. I'm not saying you need to be the smartest person ever to be successful, but you at least have to be smart enough. Gladwell mentions that "Langan’s IQ is 30 percent higher than Einstein’s. But that doesn’t mean Langan is 30 percent smarter than Einstein. That’s ridiculous.
Intelligence, readily available and eagerly sought by some. The differences between it and wisdom is a pretty common question with lots of answers. The dictionary says that intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. In terms of the book you could say that Atticus was very intelligent in many areas and Scout was able to read at a much younger age than some people. You could also say that Dolphus Raymond is intelligent because he realised the hypocrisies that white people commit.
intelligence: The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills, that’s what Jackie Robinson
1. In your own words, how would you define "intelligence" and how does it differ from "information"? Use an example to make your case. a. Information is produced when data points are combined to answer a question an example would be the biometric system, it gathers height and weight can produce a BMI score and can then be put on a chat determine in you fall within the normal range for the country of the person.
What do you think it means to be intelligent? Being intelligent means having self-awareness and understanding, using logic and critical thinking, and having the ability to learn. This is shown in the novel by Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing, John Stienbecks novella, Of Mice and Men, and Richard Connell’s fictional short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”. In the book Where the Crawdads Sing, Kya uses her intelligence all throughout her life to survive on her own in the marsh.
Intellectual development is how one learns, the seven IQ’s. The seven IQ’s are, words smart, number smart, picture smart, body smart, sound and rhythm smart, people smart and self smart. Out of the seven IQ’s I believe Simon is word smart, people smart and self smart. I think he is these smarts because of the following example in the movie.
WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE? There has been many debates as well as
When we hear the word intelligent we think about good grades in school, knowing about a topic or even an IQ test. But in 1983 Howard Gardner talked about his theory of multiple intelligences. He first stated 8 different intelligences, followed by his suggestion that there could be another one as the existential intelligence. Therefore, Gardner proposed this theory because of all the possible talents people could have.
• The child being observed has some difficulties understanding basic geometric figures in the math center of where they belong. • The child being observed has some difficulties understanding some reading comprehension questions while reading a short story. 8. Child’s Relative Stronger and Weaker Multiple Intelligences: • The child being observed based on Gardner’s intelligences seems to be an intrapersonal learner because he chooses to work independently instead of working with others, understands his strengths and weakness in class, expresses what he’s feeling today and to be confident in themselves. • The child being observed based on Gardner’s intelligences seems to also be an interpersonal learner because he enjoys interacting with his friends, he can give a good advice if someone is struggling, he loves to play games his games with his peers and has a lot of friends in
Analyzing the concept of intelligence, there seems to be considerable evidence that it has many facets. It becomes evident that intelligence is more than just cognitive reasoning, but that it is the totality of mental processes enabling the individual to solve problems and adjust to new situations. 2.3.5 Concept Analysis: Emotional Intelligence According to Goleman (1996:42) emotional intelligence has its roots in the concept of "social intelligence", first identified by EL Thorndike in 1920 as the ability to understand and manage men and women, boys and girls - to act sagely in human relations. Gardner (1993: 36) speaks of two forms of personal intelligence, namely interpersonal intelligence - the ability to understand other people: what
His research indicated that the people who often achieved the most in life were not the people who scored the highest on your standard IQ test, a fact which indicated that there was some failure in the way we measured intelligence or some intelligence that we were missing. This led him to posit the theory of seven different types of intelligences, all equal in value. These seven intelligences include: musical, logical-mathematical, kinesthetic, spatial, linguistic, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence. Gardner believed that all kinds of intelligence should be developed as all are necessary and useful in different types of roles. Both authors took a different approach to autonomy in education, but both authors did believe that students who are given some autonomy in what they learn and how they learn flourish a little better.