THE FLYNN EFFECT
Hello everyone. I'm a new member. Today I want to share with you a story about Prof. James Flynn. (University of Otago, New Zealand).
What he discovered turned IQ research on its head and became known as the flynn effect.
All throughout the 20th century, we can trace that each generation is scoring higher than its predecessor
That is average person on Ravens is by definition a hundred. The average person in 1900 scored against current norms would have been somewhere between fifty and seventy.
Trolling through huge quantities of raw data Flynn noticed that IQ scores have risen on average by about three points per decade. He also found that the rise for blacks Americans was even faster the IQ gap between blacks and white was actually closing. Blacks have gained at a faster rate than whites since world war II certainly. Whites have been gaining something under three tenths of a point a year and blacks at about 4.45 points a year in other words.
Black have been gaining about 50% faster during that period. Now does that prove that the difference between the two isn't genetic.
It certainly shows that differences is great as the IQ gap can be closed environmentally.
Flynn's explanation isn't that we're getting smarter all that our ancestors were dumber.
The fundamental difference he say is that our great-grandparents had learned how to manipulate the world practically. but we've learned how to classify it intellectually. If they were asked to explain the relationship between a dog and a rabbit. They are likely to have said that one chases the other. We're more likely to say they're both mammals. Flynn believes that in the last half century, we have undergone a profound change in the way we think, a change that few of us are even aware of. He called it the cognitive revolution. Sin the end of World War II.
Our everyday lives have become ever more dominated by the need to think in abstract categories.
Same news: 12 characteristics of people with high IQ index
The explosive growth of science and technology in the workplace at home and in our school requires that we sort our world by conceptualizing it in essence.
we view the world through what Flynn calls scientific spectacles. Now it so happens that this kind of is exactly. What's required to do well in an IQ test which means we can give a fairly precise definition of what IQ test measure. They give a score not for intelligence as such but our adaptation to modernity.
More information go to: iqtestonline.net
12 characteristics of people with high IQ index
According to scientific sources, scientists have been studying for a long time about the external characteristics or habits to assert high or low human IQ score.
No smoking
According to scientific reports published by Dailymail, smokers between the ages of 18 and 21 have an IQ of about 94. If not smoking, they can reach IQ 101 index.
Smoking a lot even confirms that you are a lack of intelligence. People who smoke more than 1 pack of cigarettes per day only have an IQ of 90 points. And in a sibling couple, the non-smoker is always smarter than the other.
Study music
Scientists assert that learning music can help children develop a lot of skills. First, the verbal intelligence of a child about 4 - 6 years old will increase after only 1 month of studying music.
The results of a study in 2004 with a 6-year-old who attended a music course for nine months showed that the level of intelligence and understanding increased significantly.
Elders
Elders are usually smarter, so they tend to be more successful at work than their younger siblings.
A study in 2007 showed that elder siblings often have an IQ score higher than 3 point compared to their nearest sibling.
Not fat
French scientists have implemented a survey based on 2,200 people within 5 years to determine whether becoming fatter affects people's cognitive abilities.
And the results show that they are inversely proportional to each other: The small waist shows better cognitive ability.
In particular, people with a low body mass index (BMI), less than 20 can remember about 56% of words in a memory test. Those who own a BMI higher than 30 only remember about 44%.
More seriously, after 5 years, they were re-examined and that their body is fatter made their memory ability reduced by 37.5% more. This proves that a healthy, symmetric body can help you have a clearer mind. If you want to about your IQ. Take a free IQ test now here.
Breed cats
Dog owners have been studied and concluded to be more approachable and opener than those who breed cats. However, when tested intellectually, cat owners often do better.
Scientists explain that dog owners tend to walk their pets and become more open.
Cat owners often live more intently, they often like being at home and reading books while stroking their cat. And it is this difference that leads to their intelligence higher than dog owners.
Grow kids by breast milk
More than 3,000 babies in New Zealand and the United Kingdom have been studied and scientists have found that: if they are fully fed by breast milk, the child's mind will grow to 7 IQ points if that child owns a special gene called FADS2.
This gene is thought to be able to control the fatty acids' pathways and help children make better use of excellent nutrition from breast milk or develop their brain faster.
Use stimulants
More than 6,000 people participated in a quite strange study that showed an association between high-IQ score when you are young and using of stimulants afterwards.
And as a result, these two issues are really related to each other. So, strangely, a person using stimulants at the present time can have a pretty high IQ when he is young.
Left-hander
Those who are left-handed are rarer than right-handed people. And despite the fact that they always have to find ways to mingle with the other half, their intellect is even claimed to be higher.
Left-handed people can develop the "divergent thinking" ability - the creative ability needed to create new ideas.
People who are easy to trust are often smart
Oxford University researchers based on a general social survey that was conducted in the United States to survey public opinion.
Thereby, the results show that those who are smart or have high IQ often tend to trust others.
Scientists say these are the smartest people in identifying and evaluating opposite people’ personality and so they tend to form and develop relationships with trustworthy and absolutely loyal people.
Turn yourself into "night owl"
Most of us think that smart people are those who can control their life well, healthy living and moderation. However, scientific studies have proved the opposite. One of the typical manifestations is that "night owls" possess intelligence superior to ordinary people.
To prove this statement, scientists at Liege University (Belgium) conducted an experiment to compare two groups of volunteers: sleeping early and sleeping late.
Both are required to do tasks which exacted you to focus highly while experts use magnetic resonance cameras to monitor their brain activity.
The results showed that, after 10 hours, the level of concentration of brain of the soon sleeping group decreased sharply while the late sleeping group did not completely change.
In fact, this is the result of evolution in human history. Since ancient times, our ancestors had a tendency to eat and work during the day and seek shelter in caves at night.
According to researchers, going against this trend is a symbol of intelligence. In fact, famous geniuses like Charles Darwin or Winston Churchill usually go to bed at 4 am.
A faithful lover
Sex is considered as the inherent natural instinct of human beings and it doesn’t seem to have a connection with intelligence. However, according to experts, the sexual response in men can be said to be a smart man.
Our ancestors in the early days, especially Adam's concepts, they were very open about sex. Having sex or sleeping with many women is simply understood as the act of maintaining the race, similar to the animals.
Therefore, faithful men,who only love and live with a partner, are against the general trend of society. And according to experts, it is also a symbol of intelligence.
Another independent study by the University of North Carolina also showed similar results.
Accordingly, up to 39.8% of young men with average IQ (90-110) had sexual intercourse while this figure among intelligent young men (IQ above 110) was only 29.2 %
Concurrently, this study also showed that adolescents with IQ 100 are able to eat "forbidden fruits" 1.5 to 5 times as many as teenagers with 120-130 IQ.
Smart people often have mother with serious morning sickness during pregnancy
Science has proven that intelligence is partly due to genetic factors. However, few people know that if a pregnant mother becomes serious morning sickness, it means that the baby will become smarter.
Although the phenomenon of pregnant morning sickness makes their mothers uncomfortable, it is considered to be beneficial to the child's intelligence.
According to Reuters, a number of scientists group led by Dr. Irena Nulman have proved this statement.
Experiments conducted on 121 Canadian children from 3 - 7 years showed that children with severe morning sickness had sharply higher IQ score, especially in memory and language ability.
In particular, experts said that having morning sickness usually occurs in the first months of pregnancy. Though this phenomenon makes the mother uncomfortable, it is really good for the fetus.
Persistent nausea during pregnancy is associated with special stimuli necessary for the long-term development of young children, reducing the rate of miscarriage and still birth. Therefore, a part of maternal morning sickness can increase intelligence for the child.
A "technology blind"
Acquiring new science and technology is something worth encouraging, but if you are too abusive, they will threaten the development of your intelligence.
According to The Times Online, if you use electronic devices much, especially sending a message, it can cause “informania” status.
Technology believers are often less appreciated for their intellectuals, while technology blinds have a high IQ index.
According to British researchers, people with "infomania" really have troubles with intelligence. IQ of these people decreased by 4 points compared to the use of stimulants such as drugs, marijuana.
In other hand, if you are "blind technology" a little, it will help you a lot in developing intelligence.
The average IQ of American ranked 22nd in the world
Source: www.all-nationz.com
1st place: Hong Kong 107
Second place: Korea 106
3rd place: Japan 105
4th place: Thailand 104
5th place: Singapore 103
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What is IQ in the first place?
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is an indication method of the results of intelligence tests expressed by numbers.
Depending on the examination, more detailed "verbal intelligence test" and "operative intelligence test" are also decided.
The median is 100, the higher the intelligence is, the lower the intelligence is.
The conventional intelligence quotient is calculated by the expression "mental age ÷ life aged × 100".
Source
IQ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although there is also IQ denial theory, it still persists as a judgment index of good or bad of mind.
Based on the chart we can see that the East Asian countries have the highest IQ in the world. The Africa region has the lowest IQ in the world, followed by poverty and backwardness. Countries with a high IQ often grow very quickly. IQ average in the world is decreasing by the Flynn
About IQ
Have you ever taken IQ tests?
Many people should have been in elementary school.
However, there are few people who taught the results of IQ.
It is not the original purpose of finding the ranking of academic ability according to the result of IQ, but it seems that the role of seeking "the level of mental age" in a specific group was good.
Basics of IQ
The original basis of IQ was that "the actual age of that person is more than the mental age".
For example, if a person whose age is 15 is 15 years old, IQ is normal if it is 15 years old.
If that person is 15 years old, and if it is a mental age of 20 years old, IQ will be higher.
The reverse is true, though I am 15 years old, IQ will be lower if I am 12 years old mental age.
It was for digitizing the mental age in such a form.
So it was a criterion for getting a mental age so as not to hinder our daily life with simple graphics problems and sentence problems.
An era when the theory of IQ was established
At the time, the absolute IQ value (a way to measure the position of the person's ability in reference to a certain criterion) was mainstream, but with the transition of the era, the relative IQ value How the position of a person is) was calculated and spreading ways.
It is because it is important to live in various groups in daily life, but it is necessary to have a spirit of decent daily life in that group.
However, in recent years, from the meaning of IQ = "mental age" IQ = "brain level" has changed.
As many people are imagined, IQ = becoming the level of the brain, it has become.
More recently, there seems to be "EQ" to measure human beings from the mental point rather than "IQ" which measures the level of the brain.
It seems to be due to the idea that even if you have a good brain, if you do not have the spirit, it is not as good as a human being.
9 types of intelligence?
If you say "a smart person", you may think of people who are good at mathematics and fluent in languages.
All people have 9 types of intelligence?
In school education, it tends to apply smartness to a certain type and to ignore other intelligence. However, even if I am not good at mathematics, even if I can not speak English, it is possible that everyone is conferring "intelligence". Let's look at the nine intelligence categorized by Howard Gardener in the American development psychologist in 1983.
1. Natural intelligence
The height of ability related to nature is the ability to identify everything in the natural world (structures of clouds, stones, etc.) as well as non-human creatures (plants, animals, etc.). This was a very useful ability for hunting, agriculture, etc. in the process of human evolution. Now, botanists and cooks benefit from this.
2. Musical intelligence
The musical intelligence has the ability to identify 'pitch, rhythm, tone' and so on. With this intelligence, we can recognize, build, play and feel the sounds played by composers, conductors, musicians, vocalists and others.
Interestingly, music and people's feelings both have emotional ties, and mathematics and music intelligence may be able to find common points in the pattern of thinking process. Most young people with this intelligence like singing songs themselves or hitting drums themselves.
3. Logical & mathematical intelligence
Intelligence that is good in computational power, has the ability to repeat proposals and hypotheses, and to execute. We will be able to understand the relationship of things by this ability.
Logic development ability and thought patterns are also due to this intelligence. These are usually demonstrated in mathematicians, scientists, detectives and other professions. Young people with this intelligence have a strong interest in strategy games and experiments.
4.Existential intelligence
People with this intelligence have the ability to think seriously about deep questions such as "what are human beings?" For example, what is living meaning, why people die, and what is happening here?
5. Interpersonal intelligence
This is the ability to deepen mutual understanding with others. Especially understanding the individual differences, sensitive to changes in the air and people's feelings on the spot, makes the interpersonal relationship smooth.
Teachers and social workers, actors, politicians and others are enhancing this skill. It is a leader and is also good for communication. It also demonstrates talent to the ability to understand the feelings of others and to recognize what becomes the driving force.
6. Physical intelligence
It is the ability of various bodies and intelligence that can manipulate things. This includes the sharpness of reading intuition, balance of body and mind, and includes the ability to maximize the ability. It is often seen in athletes, dancers, surgeons, craftsmen.
7. Linguistic intelligence
Female writer drinking cup of coffee
It is the ability to think things in words and to have words with difficult meanings. It makes us understand the order and meaning of words. This is the ability that most people have among various intelligence, and it can be understood well by seeing poet, novelist, journalist, etc. People with this intelligence like writing, talking, reading, crosswords puzzles etc.
8. Internal intelligence
This is intelligence that understands the feelings of myself and others and uses it in everyday life. For example, it is for planning things and giving instructions to people, not just "self love".
It is the ability commonly seen by psychologists, instructors and philosophers. People with this intelligence may be relatively "shy". But they are aware of their feelings well and can move spontaneously.
9. Spatial intelligence
This is the ability to capture things in three dimensions. Mainly, mental image formation, spatial reasoning, image manipulation, graphics, artistic skills and rich imagination.
For example, everyone, such as a sailor, a pilot, a sculptor, a painter, an architect, has a spatial intelligence. It tends to be attracted to drawing in a maze, a jigsaw puzzle, or a vacant time, indulge in indulgence, and so on.
"9 intelligence" based on the book of Gardner published about 20 years ago is still hot debate has been exchanged. And this book is asking us "What is good education". Which of the following did you apply?
Intelligence is not just IQ
Intelligence is not just IQ (IQ). There are nine kinds of human intelligence. In case
"Intelligence" is the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and judge.
But intelligence can not be measured as it is. Although there are measurement methods such as intellectual ability, good sense, logical thinking, pattern recognition, etc., it is not intelligence itself, it is only one measure representing intelligence.
For example, there are intelligence quotients (IQ) represented by numbers, but some people with ordinary IQ may make amazing songs that resonate in their hearts, others may not be able to play the piano with high intelligence people.
The problem with the current system is to ignore the difference in expression of intelligence at all. There are actually nine types of intelligence, he says.
