Chapter 5 (p. 137-149)

(3) You have now read several views about intelligence. What do you think about intelligence?

Is it one trait or many? more heavily influenced by nature or nurture? a fixed capacity or a

modifiable ability? Articulate your views in a paragraph of 6-8 sentences.

I truly believe that intelligence is a vast collection of traits.  These traits are greatly influenced not only by nature but by nurturing the individual as well.  If your child is receiving poor nutritional care early on in their childhood and even during gestation then they will present lower IQ scores than individuals that were receiving adequate nutritional requirements (Ormrod 2011).  It is also important to take into consideration what we consider intelligence.  Different cultures view an individual’s intelligence in various formats.  Some view only academic knowledge as intelligence while other cultures view both academic and social knowledge as intelligence.  I really do believe that since we view intelligence in a fluid and crystallized state that there is really no limit to our capacity of intelligence.  The idea that if you don’t use it you lose it is different in understanding how we maintain our supply and reserve storage of our intelligence, but I do truly feel that there is no boundaries for our limit.