Intelligence

Session 25 - Intelligence

Begin with an overview of what we will be covering over the next 3 weeks: -

-       Factors that influence Intelligence

-       Biological basis for Intelligence

-       Gender & Intelligence

-       Emotional Intelligence

-       Multiple Intelligence

-       Classical approaches in describing Intelligence

Move onto the Intelligence Ratings PowerPoint and explain the activity to the class – run through and discuss the observations gathered from the results.

Ask students to develop their own definition of intelligence – move onto developing a class definition…

Ask the students to place the following in their workbooks:

Intelligence

Intelligence involves the ability to learn from experience, acquire knowledge, to reason and solve problems, to deal with people and objects and to adapt effectively to the environment. Intelligence is also culture reliant.

Have a look at the top8 smartest people in the world:

http://palscience.com/science/the-worlds-top-8-smartest-people/

Watch the Chris Langan Youtube Clips and discuss the outcome as a class…

Place the following questions up on the board for students to take notes on:

1. ·      When analysing Chris’ childhood, how does society view his intelligence? Do you think this is common?
2. ·      What does Chris’ story reveal about the relationship between intelligence and the external environment?
3. ·      Should the Higher IQ or ‘smart people’ should be given more responsibility when tackling important world issues?

Discuss students’ observations and notes…

All students are to read through pages 231 & 232 and complete the Check Your Understanding 8.1 in their workbooks. – H/W if not finished…

 Session 26 - Intelligence => Nature V Nurture

Ask students to place the following in their workbooks:

Factors That Influence Intelligence

There are many factors that influence intelligence and performance on intelligence tests.

Interaction Of Genetic & Environmental Factors

It is not possible to separate the effects of hereditary and the environment on intelligence, psychologists believe that variations in intelligence can be attributed to both hereditary and the environmental factors. There is general agreement that inherited genes set the upper and lower limits of an individual’s intellectual capability.

There appears to be a very high positive correlation between how closely related people are, the more similar their IQ scores. 

The Flynn effect is a research finding that suggests that IQ scores have risen over time. This is thought to be because of environmental factors, including students staying in schools longer, improved educational methods, smaller families, increased exposure to technology and better nutrition and health care. 

All students are to read through 233 - 236 of the textbook and complete Check Your Understanding 8.2 in their workbook.

Students are then to complete Activity 7.1 from the Nelson Student Activity Handbook - must be completed before the next class which is on Monday.