This is a little thing I wrote back when I was 14. This was motivated by complete boredom and I wrote the whole thing in 1 night. I dont even think I proof read the damn thing. I never finished it but my overall conclusion was that there was a statistical correlation between "knowledge" and IQ, not direct.
Research was never conducted either, all content is based off my personal thoughts and observations.
Knowledge is the overall amount of information that is gained through many different channels such as books, classes, the internet, etc. The application and retention of the gained information is what constitutes the range of knowledge a person has. Intelligence is the ability to reason, solve problems, critically think, and apply knowledge appropriately. Throughout this study, the correlation between these two psychological components; Knowledge and overall intelligence, will be examined and an overall conclusion between the findings will be printed in this report. This report will be organized into three different areas of study. This is in regards to motivation to gather information, the reason behind a knowledgeable but not particularly intelligent individual, and the ignorant but intelligent person.
The process of gathering Information is something that most people view as non stimulating, pointless, and arbitrary task. In depth information is not necessary if it doesn't relate to my job or everyday life. This a decent example of the possible thought process an unintelligent person may conceive of. This is backed by many personal encounters with the typical. The possible reason behind this may be because of the difficulty an average person has retaining knowledge, also because of the question of where and how to gain knowledge. In contrast, the majority of intelligent people enjoy reading and gaining as much information just for the experience, also with hopefulness to share knowledge with fellow intellectuals. This is a vague outline of why it appears that the knowledgable are perceived as intelligent too. Once again, this is because of a high correlation. Let me give you an example of a subject the relates to this specific observation very well. Timothy had the highest test scores, not just because of his love for History class, but because outside of class his favorite thing to do was to read about history. Timothy retained everything from dates to names very quickly, and this was because of his above average intelligence. With this trait that came directly from heredity, he had the ability learn much quicker and much faster then his fellow peers. Timothy, was always the first to raise hand in class to answer the questions the teacher asked, his classmates noticed this. Timothy's peers became soaked in jealousy because of the ability Timothy had that they didn't. So, everyday after class Timothy would be bullied because of his superior intelligence that allowed to become much more knowledgable. This hypothetical situation is something that is very realistic in reality and its something that happens every day all around the country. This is one of the primary reasons that there is a visible divide between the knowledgeable and non knowledgable, and this is where the creation of the terms "Nerd" or "Geek" root from. Another voluntary medium that shows a link between pursuing a higher amount of knowledge is the pursuit of higher education. On average, graduate students have a higher IQ than others non graduate students.
On rare occasions there is knowledgable but non intelligent people (from a biased stand point <105 IQ). There are various reasons to why this may be the case. The most common reason has to do with age and wisdom. Most elderly people are tend to be more knowledgable on average then any other age. This is mostly because of a long span of life experience, being a witness to decades of large occurrences, and having multiple careers. The type of information learned this way is typically involuntary and requires little research. The 2nd reason to this case is family social class level. Families that historically are on the higher end financially typically are well educated, especially when it comes to knowledge of business and financing. People that are born into a type of family listed here are pressured to carry on the family notoriety and this usually means pursuing a higher education. This is where the term "forced education" comes into play. Education is something that is extremely cognitive that requires motivation and stressors over any other ability. If there is an individual that is pushed hard enough by various things and goals they can be academically successful most of the time. Although college graduate students tend to have a higher IQ, those students are self motivated and not always obligated by a family name. The final example of this case is interest based knowledge. To record this example on here I will use another hypothetical situation. Lets give him the name "Isaac". Isaac loved baseball. He played baseball from the day he walked. His profound interest in this sport originated basically from testosterone and competitive fueled genetics, along with the pressure his dad gave him about enjoying this game. As Isaac grew he pursued baseball more in depth every year by learning all the names of the players, the current standings, batting averages, and everything from historic world series games to original team names. This in depth knowledge doesn't necessarily correlate to anything other then obligation to enjoy this sport and a hint of genetics. This is also a very common example of societal knowledge.
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Research was never conducted either, all content is based off my personal thoughts and observations.
Knowledge is the overall amount of information that is gained through many different channels such as books, classes, the internet, etc. The application and retention of the gained information is what constitutes the range of knowledge a person has. Intelligence is the ability to reason, solve problems, critically think, and apply knowledge appropriately. Throughout this study, the correlation between these two psychological components; Knowledge and overall intelligence, will be examined and an overall conclusion between the findings will be printed in this report. This report will be organized into three different areas of study. This is in regards to motivation to gather information, the reason behind a knowledgeable but not particularly intelligent individual, and the ignorant but intelligent person.
The process of gathering Information is something that most people view as non stimulating, pointless, and arbitrary task. In depth information is not necessary if it doesn't relate to my job or everyday life. This a decent example of the possible thought process an unintelligent person may conceive of. This is backed by many personal encounters with the typical. The possible reason behind this may be because of the difficulty an average person has retaining knowledge, also because of the question of where and how to gain knowledge. In contrast, the majority of intelligent people enjoy reading and gaining as much information just for the experience, also with hopefulness to share knowledge with fellow intellectuals. This is a vague outline of why it appears that the knowledgable are perceived as intelligent too. Once again, this is because of a high correlation. Let me give you an example of a subject the relates to this specific observation very well. Timothy had the highest test scores, not just because of his love for History class, but because outside of class his favorite thing to do was to read about history. Timothy retained everything from dates to names very quickly, and this was because of his above average intelligence. With this trait that came directly from heredity, he had the ability learn much quicker and much faster then his fellow peers. Timothy, was always the first to raise hand in class to answer the questions the teacher asked, his classmates noticed this. Timothy's peers became soaked in jealousy because of the ability Timothy had that they didn't. So, everyday after class Timothy would be bullied because of his superior intelligence that allowed to become much more knowledgable. This hypothetical situation is something that is very realistic in reality and its something that happens every day all around the country. This is one of the primary reasons that there is a visible divide between the knowledgeable and non knowledgable, and this is where the creation of the terms "Nerd" or "Geek" root from. Another voluntary medium that shows a link between pursuing a higher amount of knowledge is the pursuit of higher education. On average, graduate students have a higher IQ than others non graduate students.
On rare occasions there is knowledgable but non intelligent people (from a biased stand point <105 IQ). There are various reasons to why this may be the case. The most common reason has to do with age and wisdom. Most elderly people are tend to be more knowledgable on average then any other age. This is mostly because of a long span of life experience, being a witness to decades of large occurrences, and having multiple careers. The type of information learned this way is typically involuntary and requires little research. The 2nd reason to this case is family social class level. Families that historically are on the higher end financially typically are well educated, especially when it comes to knowledge of business and financing. People that are born into a type of family listed here are pressured to carry on the family notoriety and this usually means pursuing a higher education. This is where the term "forced education" comes into play. Education is something that is extremely cognitive that requires motivation and stressors over any other ability. If there is an individual that is pushed hard enough by various things and goals they can be academically successful most of the time. Although college graduate students tend to have a higher IQ, those students are self motivated and not always obligated by a family name. The final example of this case is interest based knowledge. To record this example on here I will use another hypothetical situation. Lets give him the name "Isaac". Isaac loved baseball. He played baseball from the day he walked. His profound interest in this sport originated basically from testosterone and competitive fueled genetics, along with the pressure his dad gave him about enjoying this game. As Isaac grew he pursued baseball more in depth every year by learning all the names of the players, the current standings, batting averages, and everything from historic world series games to original team names. This in depth knowledge doesn't necessarily correlate to anything other then obligation to enjoy this sport and a hint of genetics. This is also a very common example of societal knowledge.
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