What Is Intelligence?
Focused on the role of human intelligence. In your own words, what do you think intelligence is? Do you think intelligence is something you are born with or something that you can grow and develop? Why do you feel the way you do about that? How can engaging in good critical thinking impact your intelligence (or can it?)
Your work must be at least 500 words, but mostly draw from your own personal experience. This must be written in first person and give examples from your life. Be sure if you are using information from the readings that you properly cite your readings in this, and in all assignments.
Egocentricity
Please respond to EACH of the following discussion topics and submit them to the discussion forum as a single post. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length.Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students’ posts. If you haven’t recently, please review the Rules of Discussion.
Take the Egocentricity Quiz:
https://home.earthlink.net/~bmgei/educate/docs/aperson/thinking/ego-quiz.htm
Review “If you are egocentric, what can you do?” at this website:
https://home.earthlink.net/~bmgei/educate/docs/aperson/thinking/kill-ego.htm
Pick one characteristic from the left column (Non-Egocentric) of the Egocentricity Quiz that describes your way of thinking. Describe a time when this trait helped you.
Pick one characteristic from the right column (Egocentric) of the Egocentricity Quiz that describes your way of thinking. Describe a time when has this trait hurt you.
You must Be sure you integrate your course readings on egocentricity and egocentric thinking within your work to show a good understanding of course concepts.
Intellectual Standards
For our assignment this week, examine the Universal Intellectual Standards as described in our readings. Select one of these standards, and describe how using that standard has helped you in your:
• Work life
• School life
• Personal life
Your essay should consist of five paragraphs, and should follow the format below:
In your first paragraph, write a detailed description of the standard you have selected and why you selected it.
Then, in a paragraph each, describe how that standard has helped you in your work life, in your school life, and in your personal life.
Each paragraph should contain at least one example. Finally, in your concluding paragraph, discuss the ways you can continue to improve upon this standard moving forward.
Your completed assignment should be written primarily in first person and should be 500-750 words in length. If you use sources in our writing, be sure to identify them. If you use any direct language from a source, be sure to place those words in quotation marks.