Meaning, if someone excels in mathematics, does not mean that person is capable of painting or creating art (Ghraibeh, 2012). Gardner’s theory was unique, he looked the individual person and their intelligence based on one specific person. Realizing that people are intelligent each in their own way, Gardner’s theory was based on the question of “how are you smart?” compared to the basic question of “how smart are you?” Gardner’s research made him realize that there were many different types of intelligence. Gardner found that the list consisted of eight different yet separate intelligences, that Gardner studied and made a list of eight individual intelligences. The eight distinctive intelligences consist of; linguistic, musical, naturalist, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal and intrapersonal (Kowalski, R. and Westen,D., 2011).
Uriel Anguiano Mr.Mahaffey Wr 123 4/29/12 Are Asians smarter than other minorities? Ronald Takaki starts of in his small article really well and really catches my attention by asking a question. He’s article is called, “The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority’. I picked his article over other articles because I find it more relevant to me. I will admit that I assume that Asians are smarter than any other race.
The Judging-Perceiving (JP) scale measures how one chooses to approach life, preferring order and rules as opposed to flexibility and spontaneity. Next we have the eight raw scores each person receives, that are the scores on the two opposing poles of the four scales, can be divided people into 16 possible rational categories or types.. Although an individual can learn to access any of the eight functions (E or I, S or N, T or F, and J or P), preferences generally yield a persistent cognitive style. The MBTI is designed to enhance self-awareness of natural strengths, communication preferences, work styles, and opportunities for growth (Kennedy &
Although it isn't clear in the paragraph whether Harry has a twin or not, if he did this could have a massive influence on his behaviour. Let's say Harry had an mono-zygotic twin, who shared a 100% concordance rate with him. Early twin studies generally found higher concordance for criminality amongst MZ than DZ twins, which would support the suggestion of a genetic influence. However, this research has said to be flawed due to a combination of small samples and poor methods of determining whether a particular twin pair was MZ or DZ. The rationale underlying the use of twins in explaining criminal behaviour is that if 1 MZ twin shows signs of aggressive behaviour, and the other one does too, then it is down to genetic influence.
Managers who believe that forces that exist outside of their own control are primarily responsible for their own success or failure are said to have a high internal locus of control. True False 11. Effective managers need to have a high external locus of control. True False 12. A high need for power is more important for first-line managers than it is for top managers.
One secondary argument that Loewen arises is that, “our culture encourages us to imagine that we are richer and more powerful because we’re smarter” (37). This is a highly powerful statement, but I actually couldn’t agree with it more. He explains that within the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond introduces a New guinea tribesman, who Diamond thinks is equally intelligent as he. “Even though his culture must be considered primitive” (37). In addition, Loewen argues that it’s natural for one group to dominate another.
This applies to the way we view certain professions and economic classes as well. For example, we call office work “white collar” jobs and deem them to be the highest level of work in our society. Clearly, this is proof of how racial hegemony intersects with economic hegemony. Society values particular forms of economic class over others. Yet, this is problematic because, as scholars Lucas and Buzzenall, “the vast majority of Americans, the standards of success portrayed in these cases are not just an improbability, but a systemic impossibility” (2004, p. 274).
Individually these elements would not be as effective because a state could earn high test scores because of unequal spending per student, and vice versa. This is where the argument is the strongest, but there are, however, weaker parts of the argument. For example, the arguer does not touch on issues which also have implications on why the schools are preforming the way they are. In the paper he states as part of his argument, “think tanks rate sates on things like class size and teacher pay among other things.” He does not, however, touch on these differences which might be the reason why Utah is doing seemingly better than Florida. There are no statistics provided in the argument comparing class size, teacher pay, or socioeconomic conditions which may leave a reader wondering if other factors are to blame for Florida’s poor performance.
The question that should be asked is what method should be chosen so that it will be the most cost and time effective? Small Groups VS Individual Expert as Problem Solving Small groups tend to surpass individual experts when alternative solutions are present. Due to the fact that small groups consist of multiple bodies, they can input there own specific experiences and unique knowledge into the task at hand thus coming up with an, if not better, answer than that of the individual. Group work causes less strain to the mind and well as it is a lot less time consuming. Typically higher quality work is present with multitudes of solutions.
Smartness is a different concept from intelligence because it does not mean having a high level of intelligence but it generally refers to the efficient use of intelligence that a person has. There are diverse opinions on this issue. Some people believe that having a high level of IQ means being smart whereas others claim that acting right can be associated with being smart. However, since smartness differs from intelligence, it cannot be said that smartness is limited to one type of intelligence. That is to say, being smart is not equal to having and using only one type of intelligence, but having all types of intelligences which include practical, social and emotional intelligences as well as using them effectively.