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The Human Intellect: Sites to Visit


Increase your I.Q.???


Read over the claims of Braintainment Go there
According to Arthur Jensen, speed of processing is important for intelligence. If you increase your speed of processing using THINKfast exercises, will this increase your I.Q.? Is it reasonable to expect increases of speed of processing on THINKfast exercises to generalize to other situations, such as Psyco 105 exams? Discussion


Emotional I.Q.


Test your emotional I.Q. Go there
What is intelligence? Is it possible that intelligence could be more than just academic potential? How does this type of intelligence fit with Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory? Discussion


"Ladle Rat Rotten Hut"


Ladle Rat Rotten Hut is a phonetic re-telling of the classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood. Go there
This site is enhanced by sound capabilities available through the plug-in "RealAudio helper" which can be downloaded from the site. Even if you do not have sound capabilities on your computer or do not want to download the plug-in, you will still be able to do the exercises. 
Read this story out loud. If you have sound capabilities and are able to download the plug-in, you can also listen to the story. In spite of the fact that the words on the page are very different from the meanings intended by the words, can you understand the text by listening? What does this show us about the importance of intonation in language comprehension? Discussion


Some other interesting sites you may want to check out...


Free I.Q. Test!Go there
Try this short but challenging intelligence test from the Institute for Self Improvement. 

Lateral thinking puzzlesGo there
These puzzles require creative thinking - an interesting form of "intelligence".

Book reviews of The Bell CurveGo there
The Bell Curve is a controversial book about heritability of intelligence. These are some book reviews from APA journals. 

A Word a DayGo there
This site features a different English word every day and mails the words to a list of people who are interested in extending their vocabularies.

E-mail a new language??Go there
Check out this paper by Robert E. Lloyd which argues that electronic mail has created a language of its own. 



 
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