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A 3 page overview of the question of whether our genes or our environment is responsible for human intelligence. This paper examines some of the major theories on intelligence. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Intelligence is something that most of us have thought little about. Others, however, have argued for centuries as to whether human intelligence is the
product of our biology or are environment. To these individuals the question of whether nature or nurture determines intelligence is something that plagues much of their daily lives.
In general, there are two schools of explanation of human intelligence. The first explanation suggests one single factor determines intelligence while the second explanation contends that instead there is
a multitude of diverse factors which blend together to determine intelligence. The first explanation is categorized as a "general intelligence" path, a path followed by such theorists as Charles
Spearman, Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, and Hans Eysenck (Fischer, 1996). The second explanation, the pluralist approach, is advocated by such theorists as Howard Gardner (Fischer, 1996). To further
complicate matters, however, we have theories such as those advocated by Cattell which revolve around the "general intelligence" approach but which recognize many subfactors as a part of that approach
(Fischer, 1996). In short, there is no one universally accepted theory of intelligence. The generalist view intelligence as some sort of innate
capability, a capability which is determined by some particular factor which is present at birth. Under the generalist approach intelligence is regarded as a constant and will not change
regardless of a persons life experiences. This explanation could also be described as the biological perspective, a perspective which as its name would indicate, approaches behavior from a genetic
standpoint, contending that we are predisposed to a certain level of intelligence because of our genetic makeup. The biological perspective of intelligence is
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