got much catchin' up to do, & will do it this weekend
(file under : "life gets in the way")
recent music:
9.10 Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
9.14 Lili Haydn, Place Between Places
9.15 Loretta Lynne, Van Lear Rose
because I love these artists so much, I will give you more scoop & the album cover soon
(also, today I will not use standard capitals or punctuation)
Juniors:
here are 2 examples to explain the title of today's post:
http://wilderdom.com/intelligence/IQWhatScoresMean.html
http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/IQBasics.aspx
IQ, a flawed mechanism but interesting concept
Swift, a creative genius
we'll talk more about this in the future
be done through chapter 4 of part 2 for tomorrow
Sophomores:
who won that bet?
tune in tomorrow
& bring your synonyms
psssh. McBride. :) I must have a higher standard than 140 to consider genius. :P
ReplyDelete99.87% doesn't exclude enough from IQ of 145.
But in continuing thoughts of how to measure intelligence, I think a test should measure fluid intelligence more than crystallized. Which the common Stanford-Binet IQ test does. Fluid is the ability to solve abstract problems and crystallized is the application of knowledge over time (such as vocabulary). One can't memorize a ton of facts and apply them to an IQ test.
I feel that fluid is more important because fluid intelligence is highest at around 20 and decreases with age. The brain is "finished" developing (or at least finally out of those stupid teen years) and only decreases in health from about that point (noting that those BrainAge games say about 21 is the "healthiest" brain age).
Crystallized intelligence increases with age (and don't get me wrong, both are definately important) but it is more based off experience.
So if one wants to measure true intelligence, I think fluid is more important, because the oldest man on earth could have spent his entire life as a hermit and thus his crystallized intelligence would be low in comparison to the 40 year old man with a full life-time of experiences. However, fluid intelligence is not necessarily "learned".
Also, earlier today we discussed autism and how while some may not be able to communicate with a person or recognize facial expressions, they can have incredible musical talent and such. Which goes into more of the tests developed by Howard Gardner who created tests based of "multiple intelligences" of linguistic, logical-mathematical, and spatial. There are more including intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence (really interesting branches involving emotional intelligence [Goleman]) :).
There are a lot of ways of measuring "intelligence" (of course based off the difference ways of defining it). Which is why I think that people should take multiple intelligence tests to better define themselves. A person can have a very low IQ (Stanford-Binet) but have an extremely high score in a Gardner test, or have a very high EQ. They might not be mentally retarded at all, but rather lack development in logical or spatial relationships.
All notes and facts taken from: Barron's AP Psychology 2008 (3rd Edition).
Opinions and comments from: Holly Seyler.
:)
-Holly
Finally, a post.
ReplyDeleteBatmin & Robbes = win.
I realize that's not new.
I was just waiting for a new post to say that.
McB,
ReplyDeleteYou've got to lisen to Beirut.
(The band, not the country)
They are amazing.
I think you would really like them.
Just finished "Broom of the System".
Awesome.
you *finished* Broom? when did you start? wow . . . Infinite Jest is next, & get ready for The Pale King 4.15.11
ReplyDeleteI started it on Monday I think,
ReplyDeleteBring it on!
wow, a DFW novel completed in 3+ days . . . very nice . . . I suggest you read A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (essays) or Girl With Curious Hair (short stories) next
ReplyDeleteMILES DAVIS=WIN.
ReplyDeleteyou're win McBride.
I wish I was in your class instead of the fair today. Heat and frustrating freshmen.
I will take that as a greta compliment
ReplyDeletesee you tomorrow
or, maybe a "great" compliment
ReplyDelete(whoever Greta is, I don't know)
methinks this is my most common typo, by the way
I think I found something you might enjoy, but its a looooooooooooooong read....but you read infinite jest so yea http://www.theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/ enjoy I hope :o
ReplyDeleteI have no idea who you really are, "Soroosh"--cool pseudonym, by the way--but this looks like a fantastic read, & it has been bookmarked & added to my "to-do" list . . . right after I finish playing Connect 4, I'ma check it out
ReplyDeletethanks, whoever you may be
Mcbride-
ReplyDeleteMust we do forward Fridays EVERY Friday? Apart from stealing the symbol for my favorite fast food place, they steal minutes of my life and I can't stand it! Can't toy be like some other honor English teachers *cough Rubel *cough and do it every OTHER Friday????
pllllllllllleeeeeeaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeee!
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ReplyDelete*coughcoughRubelneverdidituntilthisyearcuznoonedid&Ithinkhe'sdoingitlikeallofusarebutskippedlastFridaycuzthejuniorteachersdecidedtocoughcough*
ReplyDeletewell then!
ReplyDelete*coughIstilllikemyidea:]*cough