Intelligence IQ – hot or not?
Intelligence is only one aspect of cognition. The concept of intelligence has proven to be quite difficult to define:
Intelligence has been defined in many different ways including as one's capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, planning, creativity, and problem solving. It can be more generally described as the ability to perceive information, and to retain it as knowledge to be applied towards adaptive behaviors within an environment or context.
The psychometric approach focuses on individual differences in the general abilities that contribute to intelligence, which is generally measured by intelligence tests to calculate person’s intelligence quotient (IQ) that shows how the person performs relative to others of the same age.
There has since been a shift to test academic constructs such as reasoning, judging, learning, dealing with novelty and abstracting.
Howard Gardner, a theorist and researcher, recognizes the following 8 multiple intelligences:
According to Gardner, the existing measure of intelligence (such as IQ score) are limited because they place logical-mathematical and linguistic abilities on a pedestal above other abilities such as musical and interpersonal ones. He believes that by doing this, measures of intelligence show our culture’s bias in favour of logical and verbal abilities as opposed to abilities such as kinaesthetic (movement) or artistic ones and in fact even labels the first as ‘intelligence’ and the latter as ‘talent’.
It is not just Howard Gardner who views the existing measures of intelligence as overly narrow and related more to academic than real-life experiences. Most other psychologists acknowledge that people can be intelligent in different ways.
What's the point?
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Here is a video that I found very interesting: Same discussion : what do you mean when you say "intelligence"
Thank you for sharing this video. He sounds intelligent too while talking about intelligence. ;) I agree that intelligence is a part of psychology and what I want to add here, is that if you take, for example, a university student that has the intelligence to be in university, and the student has a certain subject which they are not fully equipped to understand well, then I don't believe that the score of that specific test would make the student's IQ less. Or if you take a highly intelligent Highschool student that does not yet realize his intellectual abilities, the student doesn't put much effort into studying for a final and then is not allowed to enter university based on his/her results. That measurement is then not fair. Testing IQ and presenting the score thereof, should not define a person. Circumstances may change and the need for education, building on that intelligence. People can be intelligent in different ways, and that is the goal that I am trying to reach.
Again. Thank you so much for sharing this video.
I guess one way to look at it is like the horsepower of a car.
Yes the higher horsepower has a better chance of winning the race, but it depends on the skill of the driver.
Having a higher IQ by itself does not guarantee anything. But it helps as a multiplier for a lot of stuff in modern life.
That's a great way of looking at it! Haha. Makes it much easier to put a point across! Lol. Brilliant!
When I was in college one of my professors paid for me to have an IQ test, just for kicks. Intelligence is no indicator of future success. My second wife always used to throw the education thing at me... "You're so smart, you have a masters degree..." I always told her that the people that succeed in this life are the ones smart enough to find out what they're good at and capitalize on it- find their niche. She was incredible at keeping house (you could literally eat off the floors) I paid for her to put an ad in the paper advertising a house cleaning service. Now she has 5-6 people working for her. She licensed, bonded and insured... I do her books and she's doing very well. There's many different kinds of "smart" IQ doesn't come close to measuring them all.
True indeed. I know someone who is very smart in the engineering department, who did not have the finances for studies but will be able to pass with a distinction if given the chance to do the exam. Now that same person, with all his knowledge in that specific area (gained from hands-on experience) is unable to get a job because he does not have the qualification showing it. I understand that rules are rules, but circumstances are also circumstances. Not everybody had the privilege of money but that doesn't make them less smart because they don't have the paper to show it. Or even, if the person is unable to read and write, for example, it doesn't make him/her less smart if he/she is not word smart but rather picture smart.
I know people the same way. My friend back in the 70's didn't even go to high school, yet he made robots that were really cool. They had clear tubes with different color fluids... they were all remote controlled. He took them to trade shows and made a mint putting them through their paces. I guess he was one of the forerunners of robotics.
It's great that he could do that! Big ups to him.
Thanks for sharing!
My wife works with special ed and visually impaired children. I have seen kids that are very low functioning but are amazing artist, one child that could not write a full sentence but could do math problems 3 grades ahead of him. I think IQ does provide important data but it shouldn't write a person off.
It's amazing how every child can be different with weaknesses and strengths and the way it works for them. Thank you for commenting here and good luck to your wife.
Nice article. Indeed intelligence is more than intellect based activities. I also wrote about this in my book "Is Intelligence an Algorithm?" (Only partially it is).
Thank you for your comment. Where can I find this book of yours?
This is a wonderful post you really make a difference when I read your posts I always love them. Thank you for sharing such an inteligent post with us.
Wow, thank you @bigbear for such a compliment! ;)
Nice work, i hope you grow fast on steemit :)
Thank you @appreciator . Much appreciated ;)
You are more than welcome
Wow, that is a smart, well written article where the article itself demonstrates intelligence from a number of the multi-intelligences, including aesthetics as this article presents very well.
In some of the posts I have read on Steemit, there is often anger about current education systems but seldom are there suggestions on how to improve them. In this case, how can we incorporate this multi-intelligence view both inside and outside the classroom from both an appreciation and practical point of view?
I believe that this is something that must be started at home. IQ tests are generally used as predictors of scholastic success, but fails to be fair to all cultures. Parents and teachers could thus focus less on the intelligences that THEY themselves want to achieve and focus more on the unique child in question. It is not always possible for a child who is good at art to also be good at math and science and also at reading and writing. I am not saying we should NOT focus on those areas, we should just put less pressure on those areas that is not a child's strength. Both teachers and parents do not always have the knowledge on how to do these things. A child who loves to play chess or piano should not be forced to become a football player as that is not his area of intelligence, so I would say that the encouragement should start at home. We should also remember that cultural differences and religious beliefs plays a huge role and that it should also be respected.
Thanks so much for this reply. Personally, I try to encourage my daughter to just allow her strengths to flourish but also to work on areas that she has to learn (math, reading etc.) and not to get caught up in assessments.
In some discussions about IQ, I usually like to interject, what about EQ? Other intelligence quotients?
I think that formal school provides just part of a person's education and that other parts are learned at home and in the community. I hope you continue to write more articles like this.
Thank you so much. Keep up the good work with your daughter and don't stop working on those other areas. It's good! She will be forever thankful for a parent like you.
Just re-discovered a different video of Ken Robinson I used in my own article here about assumptions in education:
Had a look at your post and replied there ;)
much appreciated!
upped and resteemed, glad your in my feed
Thank you @infobunny
is there different between naturalist and logical intelligence
Yes. Naturalist Intelligence is when you are Nature smart (appreciation for nature, they are smart with animals and plants etc.) and Logical Mathematical is when you are number smart (good at mathematical problems, appreciation for formulas, maths, science, etc)
Followed and upvoted...keep it up