Essays on IQ Test

This paper is about Freddie Lee Hall and the review of the case Hall v Florida No. 12-10882 (2014), with reference to Atkins v Virginia. Mr. Hall committed multiple crimes of rape, kidnap, robbery and murder, although with an accomplice in 1978. There was an effort to refute his claims of being intellectually challenged because of the degree of planning needed to conduct such a robbery and also a consideration of the fact that he had an IQ score of 71. Automatically, the fact that he killed two people, one of them a deputy, should have gotten him a ...

While Lightner Witmer has been largely credited with the conceptualization and creation of a separate field of study for school psychology (D’Amato et al., 2011), it has it’s true roots, in many ways, in the creation of the IQ test. The IQ test was pioneered by Alfred Binet who was specifically interested in the standards of the normal mind. Today, the Binet-Simon scale, first generated in 1905, is still used in schools to determine a child’s overall ability to perform certain tasks (Binet & Simon, 1905). Perhaps more significantly, however, it was significant that Binet recognized that ...

Intelligence is a broad term which has various meaning attached to it, in all the languages of the world. Philosophers have been trying to understand and explain the meaning of the term ‘intelligence’ since centuries, and each one of them has come up with their own exemplification of the term. For example, Einstein terms intelligence, not as the occupation of knowledge, but it is more of imagination and creativity. Socrates, on the other hand, believes that intelligence is the self-knowledge of claiming that one knows nothing. Moving from philosophers, people have considered understanding the meaning of the term from ...

After hearing such negative sexist talk directed towards a colleague, I would take several measures aimed at ensuring that the perpetrators of the act know that their actions are wrong and should not be repeated. I would also put effort in supporting Jim, who in this case is the victim, encouraging him and urging him to stay strong in a bid to make sure that he comes out a much stronger individual. The best means of communicating would be face-to-face communication as it is a rich channel that enables instant feedback and suitable for personal conversations (Cameron, p.68).

Meeting the Coworkers

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This activity will explore the concept of intelligence and some of the methods of measuring intelligence.

Intelligence and Adaptability • What does it mean to say that intelligence is a social construct? Intelligence is a social construct because it was created by Western civilization as a means to measure how smart an individual is. It has been deemed a racist measurement tool for the way it has been used throughout history to report that Caucasians have a higher intelligence than other races. Basically the idea of intelligence is man-made, therefore a social construct. • What do two children from dramatically different cultures (a boy working on an arrow and a girl working on a computer) have in ...

Psychology theories

1 Identify the main ideas of major theories of intelligence.

Intelligence can be one of the most complex subjects of discussion and has been in existence for several years. It is mainly debated within psychology but there is no general definition to be used precisely on what intelligence constitute. Some scholars have proposed that intelligence is a general, single capacity, while other states that intelligence entails a wide range of aptitudes, talents, knowledge, and skills. Historically, the way people think of intelligence has changed over the years, whereby Spearman suggested that intelligence was common (g factor) and emphasized steadiness in people ...

Gifted education in Alberta is recognized as students having outstanding abilities and exceptional performance. These students make up 10-15% of the school population (Calgary Board of Education) and require differentiated provisions and/or programs beyond the scope of the school program. Children with exceptional performance demonstrated achievement and potential in one or more of the following Multiple Intelligences. In 1997 Alberta Learning adopted its definition from Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences which represented Gardner’s view that there is both a biological and cultural basis for intelligence (Brualdi, 1996, p 2). Gardner's research challenged traditional views. According to Gardner (1999), intelligence ...