PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter Problem Solving: Frontal Lobe, Mental Calculation, Flynn Effect
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Main idea: recent studies indicate that some types of brain training can make you smarter . Fluid intelligence: re ected by how well you can solve new problems and not what you know, this skill is largely inherited, relatively impervious to improvement. Some types of brain training > (those that exercise working memory, etc. : can raise an individual"s uid intelligence. Mainly people believe that you can"t get more intelligent but that has been disproven with people that train 3 weeks and see increased iq results. We have long believed that uid intelligence. > is a xed attribute, either inherited or acquired in one"s early life. Flynn effect > people performing on measures of intelligence are getting higher results. High uid intelligence leads to academic and career success: many researchers have tried to alter it by teaching reasoning strategies + test taking skills (these pursuits have limited or no success)
