...Flynn Effect Do you believe people are really getting smarter? Why or why not? Yes People are getting smarter than before and we all can see that nowadays with all the inventions around us that we all using. It’s all because there are a lot of differences between now and before such as that we are studying more subjects than before (than the old generation already studied) and we have a lot of new subjects even with the teaching methods its changing to be easier and there is a lot of opportunities for studying because new technologies also can help us to study more efficiently. And now in a family you will find that both husband and wife is educated well enough. They have learned many things through the life experience. Those things can let the new born become smarter and help them in their thinking development. And the languages we are talking more than one language and we all looking to be talking and learning different languages. Plus it is getting so easy to get the information so we are able to get any information anytime anywhere. Which of the factors explaining the Flynn Effect do you accept? They have explained four different factors, which is Education, Smaller Families, Test-talking savvy and Genes. Education has been changed a lot since past years. Today students use the modern technologies for studying purpose. Internet is one of the most useful things for studying especially to get the information. And in these days students are taking a lot of tests...
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...the left side of the curve. But the Flynn Effect appears to be at the end of its days in Europe, at least. This from the Times:- WE ARE ABOUT AS SMART AS WE’RE GOING TO GET, SAYS IQ PIONEER * Test Results are starting to level out * Morality skills are the next step It is a common refrain, repeated in response to every new television reality show and every bumper crop of school exam results: society is dumbing down. Scientists have long argued the opposite, pointing to the now widely accepted “Flynn effect”, which shows that over the past century average IQ scores have improved across the developed world, irrespective of class or creed. Now the man who first observed this effect, the psychologist James Flynn, has made another observation: intelligence test scores have stopped rising. Far from indicating that now we really are getting dumber, this may suggest that certain of our cognitive functions have reached — or nearly reached — the upper limits of what they will ever achieve, Professor Flynn believes. In other words, we can’t get much better at the mental tasks we are good at, no matter how hard we try. If we are to make any further progress, we will have to start exercising different parts of our brain, particularly the parts controlling language acquisition and empathy, according to Professor Flynn, an emeritus professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand. So a couple of observations about this. First, the Flynn Effect has been tossed into more IQ arguments...
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...are controversial testes designed to ascertain a person’s general intellectual abilities (Robins et al., 2015, p.53). A substantial amount of intellectual ability is said to be inherited (Robins et al., 2015, p.62). A New Zealand political philosopher name James Flynn does research on intelligence and his resulted are called the “Flynn effect” (Wikipedia, n.d). Flynn Effect is the substantial and long-sustained increase in both fluid and crystallized intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world from roughly 1930 to the present day (Wikipedia, n.d). Robins et al. (2015) states that now Flynn is saying that though the scores continue to rise, it would “probably be better to say that we are “more modern” than “smarter” (p.62). Three questions that will be answered in this text will be: (1) Do you believe people are really getting smarter? (2) How do you reconcile Flynn’s recent description of the modern mind with the General Social Survey’s findings that U.S. adults preform poorly on scientific questions and aren’t knowledgeable about scientific method? and (3) If the Flynn effect is real, does this undermine the theory that IQ is mostly inherited? Keywords: intelligence abilities, Flynn effect, IQ Case Incident 1 Levitating IQs Questions 2.16. Do you believe people are really getting smarter? Why or why not? I believe people are getting depended on technology, which isn’t making people smarter in my opinion. Technology has advanced over the years...
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...Introduction Grade inflation has been a subject of debate and concern for several years. Grade inflation is “Oversupply of higher grades” (Kassahun, 2008, p. 33). It simply means ''an increasing proportion of excellent grades scored by college students without evidence of a concurrent increase in their actual performance'' (Kassahun, 2008, p. 33). There are several reasons that could contribute to the grade inflation, some of which are considered to be sin. Achen and Courant (2009) point out continuing increases in average grades have been widely documented in many universities over the several decades. They concur systematic differences in grade levels by field of study is associated with grade inflation. Achen and Courant (2009) argue, they find it difficult to explain persistence of these relative differences than persistence of modest grade inflation in general. The article was primarily focussed to understand these differences, by analysing the detailed data they had from College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) at the University of Michigan. Achen and Courant (2009) study was limited to Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) with 16000 students. LSA provides the basic science and math courses to students in the College of Engineering, which is the second-largest undergraduate College at Michigan. The data is from 25 departments from Fall 1992 through Winter 2008. Main claims and evidence or arguments used in the article Achen and Courant...
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...Case 1 THE FLYNN EFFECT Given that a substantial amount of intellectual ability (up to 80 percent) is inherited, it might surprise you to learn that intelligence test scores are rising. In fact, scores have risen so dramatically that today's great-grandparents seem mentally deficient by comparison. First, let's review the evidence for rising test scores. Then, we'll review explanations for the results. On an IQ scale where 100 is the average, scores have been rising about 3 points per decade, meaning that if your grandparent scored 100, the average score for our generation would be around 115. That's a pretty big difference - about a standard deviation - meaning that someone who's from your grandparent's generation whose score was at the 84th percentile would only be average (50th) percentile by today's norms. James Flynn is a New Zealand researcher credited with first documenting the rising scores. He first reported the results in 1984, when he found that almost everyone who took a well-validated IQ test in the 1970s did better than those who took it in the 1940s. The results appear to hold up across cultures. Test scores are rising not only in the United States but in most other countries in which the effect has been tested, too. What explains the Flynn Effect? Researchers are not entirely sure, but some of the explanations offered are: 1. Education. Students today are better educated than their ancestors, and education leads to higher test scores...
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...to rely on technology more for certain things like spelling and especially arithmetic. 2-17) How do you reconcile Flynn’s recent description the modern mind with the General Social Survey’s findings that U.S. adults perform poorly on scientific questions and aren’t knowledgeable about scientific method? I agree with Flynn’s description about our minds becoming more modern and not smarter. I also agree with his statement that U.S. adults perform poorly on scientific questions because they are not knowledgeable about the scientific method. I believe with modern technology things are taught differently in class and people learn quickly and forget quickly. 2-18) If the Flynn effect is real, does this undermine the theory that IQ is mostly inherited? Why or why not? No I do not believe that the Flynn effect undermines the theory that IQ is inherited. I also believe that most IQ is inherited however year after year the minds of people are becoming more modernized. Case Incident 2- The Treasure Trove of the Aging Workforce 2-19) What changes in employment relationships are likely to occur as the population ages? As the population ages possible changes in employment relationships could be the constant increase in experience, increase of loyalty, and possibly a positive work ethic. However as the population ages they can become less advanced in technology as it continues to advance in itself. 2-20) Do you think increasing age diversity will create new challenges for managers...
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...Case Incident: The Flynn Effect 1. Do you believe people are really getting smarter? In my opinion, I believe people are getting smarter because of the intellectual ability. The Flynneffect is the name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scoresmeasured in many parts of the world. It is not easy to answer this question without having a deepknowledge about it. In my opinion, people are really getting smarter as compare to their relationsor intellectual ability. It’s the capacity to do mental activities, such as thinking, reasoning, a nd problem solving. There are many factors that can prove my ides, such as computers, robots,skyscraper buildings, satellites and so on. To build or create such a kind of amazing things weneed smart people. I am not going to say that the people who lived in the past were not smart. Iam just going to say that as compare to past, nowadays people are getting smarter. Today we arenot just studying only one subject; we are studying multiple subjects and fields. There are manynew subjects come up by time passes. Today we have many opportunities for studying, becausenew technologies can help us to study more efficiently. For instance, computer and internetforces people to think more abstractly. Whatever we need we can find from internet within fewseconds. 2. Which of the factors explaining the Flynn Effect do you accept? The Flynn Effect has given the most suitable factors in this case. He explained four differentfactors...
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...This article is published in a peer-reviewed section of the Utrecht Law Review Four Case Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Conflicts Affect a Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy? Cristina A. Cedillo Torres, Mercedes Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon, Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR as ‘the esponsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society’.2 This is the definition which is the most suitable for the c ontext of the article’s research question. As this article will focus on companies from the US and Japan, the authors also provide an overview of the focus on CSR from the US and Japanese perspective. In the US there is no governmental regulation regarding CSR or business best practices. Instead, according to findings from Bennett American, companies have a marked tendency to use codes of conduct.3 The American CSR perspective could be described as following a principles-based approach, with codes of conduct that prescribe values and principles which company members as a whole should aspire to follow. ...
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...demographic. So it begs the question, are children smarter because of the internet? So how do we define what “smarter” actually means? Smarter can mean many different things to different people. Smart is often defined as the general mental ability to learn and apply knowledge to manipulate your environment. But other definitions include the ability to evaluate and judge, the ability to comprehend complex ideas, the capacity for original and productive thought, the ability to learn quickly and learn from experience, and even the ability to comprehend relationships. Intelligence or smarts are measured by an Intelligence Quotient or IQ test, which has shown increases in IQ from generation to generation. The Flynn effect is research that was conducted by James Flynn, who discovered that IQ scores increased from one generation to the next for all countries in which the data has existed. His research has shown that countries have seen generational increases between 5 and 25 points. A potential cause of IQ gains may be that the level of education has increased. People are spending larger amount of time learning and being examined in formal education. While others may argue that IQ gains are caused by societal changes. The parent goals are to protect, educate, and set their children up for success. Parents strive to want nothing but the best for their children and that includes technology. Often...
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...Louis Leon Thurstone made significant contributions in many areas of psychology, including psychometrics, statistics, and the study of human intelligence. He developed methods for scaling psychological measures, assessing attitudes, and test theory, among many other influential contributions. He is best known for the development of new factor analytic techniques to determine the number and nature of latent constructs within a set of observed variables. Thurstone considers intelligence as a mental trait and the capacity to make impulses focal at their early, unfinished stage of formation. To him therefore, Intelligence is the capacity for abstraction, which is an inhibitory process. Zeichner (2007) defines intelligence as the ability to learn quickly, solve problems, understand complex and abstract issues and generally behave in a reasonable, rational and purposeful manner. Intelligence derives from the Latin verb intelligere, which means to comprehend or perceive. It is the mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situation, understand and handle abstract concepts and use knowledge to manipulate ones environment. Intelligence can also be described as being able to think logically, analyze issues, and solve problems and to cope with life in a new environment. Thurstone (1887-1955) offered a differing theory of intelligence. Instead of viewing intelligence as a single, general ability, Thurstone's theory focused on seven different...
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...Intelligence has been defined in different ways, including the abilities, but not limited to, abstract thought, understanding, being self aware,communication, reasoning, learning, having emotional knowledge, retaining, planning, and problem solving. Intelligence is most widely studied in humans, but has also been observed in animals and plants. Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines or the simulation of intelligence in machines. Numerous definitions of and hypotheses about intelligence have been proposed since before the twentieth century, with no consensus reached by scholars. Within the discipline of psychology, various approaches to human intelligence have been adopted. The psychometricapproach is especially familiar to the general public, as well as being the most researched and by far the most widely used in practical settings.[1] Contents [hide] * 1 History of the term * 2 Definitions * 3 Human intelligence * 3.1 Psychometrics * 3.2 Other theories * 3.3 Evolution of intelligence * 3.4 Improving intelligence * 4 Animal and plant intelligence * 5 Artificial intelligence * 6 See also * 7 References * 8 Further reading * 9 External links | ------------------------------------------------- [edit]History of the term Main article: Nous Intelligence derives from the Latin verb intelligere which derives from inter-legere meaning to "pick out" or discern. A form of this verb, intellectus, became the medieval technical...
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...order and the effect it has on a person’s intelligence. Some researchers feel that first-born children have higher IQ’s than that of their younger siblings. It has been said that first-born children are natural leaders. Siblings of first-born children perceive them to be academically smarter. Eldest children are known to perform higher on standardize testing than younger children in the family. Other researchers have stated that family size/home life, age of mother and circumstances around the birth of each individual child determines where they are intellectually. Researchers need to look at every aspect of the child’s life before they decide which child is smarter. Intelligence and Birth Order: Are They Connected? Birth order is where a person ranks in regards to age among their siblings, from oldest to youngest and vice-versa. There is much debate on the relationship between a person birth order and how intelligent we are. Many studies have been done to determine if there is a link to the firstborn having a higher IQ in general compared to their siblings. Some people would agree that birth order has a profound influence over intelligence; however, others are in opposition to this. The opposition feels that birth order has no effect when it comes to intelligence. Does birth order cause children to have lower or higher intellect or is this caused by factors within the home? There have been many studies over the last century to explore the effects of birth order...
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...of the Flynn Effect Janet Meadows Northcentral University NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Student: Janet Meadows THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Follow these procedures: If requested by your instructor, please include an assignment cover sheet. This will become the first page of your assignment. In addition, your assignment header should include your last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number. This should be left justified, with the page number right justified. For example: MEADOWSJEDU7003-3 1 Save a copy of your assignments: You may need to re-submit an assignment at your instructor’s request. Make sure you save your files in accessible location. Academic integrity: All work submitted in each course must be your own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. EDU7003 Sunny Liu Statistics I #3 This is my interpretation of the Flynn Effect…. Hope you enjoy. Faculty Use Only Another Interpretation of the Flynn Effect The Flynn Effect has been...
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...regulate the rates or prices of natural monopolies. 1. Explain why industrial regulation exists. In a market structure of perfect competition industrial regulation is not required because there is a lot of competition and this encourages competing industries to make good use of resources, also the price of their goods are determined by the price the market will bear and consumers benefit. Whereas in a monopolistic competition there exists a market structure that could allow competitive monopolies, duopolies, oligopolies, and monopolies to charge higher than competitive prices or the use inefficient use of resources and limited supplies, creating an environment that is not conducive to the benefit of the consumer. . (McConnell, Brue & Flynn, 2012) 2. Explain how industrial regulation affects the market. Industrial regulation affects the market by keeping prices for natural monopolies such as public utility companies economical. In the cases where natural monopolies occur, unit costs and prices are kept lower through industrial regulation as compared to being divided among many producers where economy of scale would make unit costs higher. At one time when the electric company was regulated they were only allowed to make a fair return on their profits and any savings they...
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...interest in the clientele and consumers. This will provide the company a detailed analysis of economic and financial benefits and costs, which are used to maintain cash flows. According to McConnell, Brue, and Flynn (2009), “costs exist because resources are scarce, are productive, and have alternative uses.” Therefore, this gives companies and businesses the opportunity to improve or limit the existing services and goods. As a result, this business proposal is providing the information on Thomas Money Service Inc. and Future Growth Inc. (FGI) (University of Phoenix, 2013). Thomas Money Service Inc. is a finance company established in 1940, which provides business loans, commercial real estate loans, and business acquisition financing loans (University of Phoenix, 2013). In 1946, FGI branched off from Thomas Money Service Inc. to inquire into equipment financing (University of Phoenix, 2013). Therefore, Thomas Money Service Inc. developed an economic system, which gives the factors of production and methods used to motivate, coordinate, and direct economic activity (McConnell, Brue, & Flynn, 2009). As a result, Thomas Money Service Inc. has survived a strong company form of monopolistic competition of the four market models. According to McConnell, Brue, and Flynn (2009, ch. 9), “monopolistic competition is characterized by a relatively large number of sellers producing differentiated products tries to distinguish its product or service from all competing products on the...
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