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This 3-page paper discusses what makes a person intelligent or smart, and compares the "nature vs. nurture" debate toward establishing intelligence in children. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a person more intelligent or smarter than another person. In one sense, the main question is whether intelligence can be taught; and in another sense, the main question is
whether people are genetically disposed to become smarter or cleverer than their friends. In some cases, scientists have actually pointed to brain
size as an indication of intelligence (Travis, 2002). In one such experiment, genes were pinpointed that regulated the size of the cerebral cortex, thereby perhaps regulating intelligence (Travis, 2002).
This particular study actually focused on malady known as microcephaly, in which the cerebral cortex grows slowly and reaches a size that
is typically no larger than early man (Travis, 2002). Although various external circumstances -- such as alcohol abuse from the mother while a baby is pregnant -- can lead to
small brain size, researchers note that microcephaly only yields small brain and head sizes (Travis, 2002). In such cases, the child or adult is mentally retarded (Travis, 2002). And as
we said before, scientists have been able to isolate a gene that controls the brain size, and therefore the intelligence of a human being (Travis, 2002).
But this study focused on a very extreme cause of mental retardation. Much of humanity does not have microcephaly, yet some people are smarter than
others. Because of this, it should come as no surprise that scientists, sociologists and psychologists and continue to discuss the "nature vs. nurture" theories of intelligence (Miele, 1997). An extreme
situations in which retardation is a factor, it is certainly true that nurture, or environment, would likely have little impact on that persons intelligence. For example, a child with
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