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The Human Intellect: Sites to Visit
Increase your I.Q.???
Read over the claims of Braintainment 
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?  1 2 3
Emotional I.Q.
Test your emotional I.Q.
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? 1 2 3
"Ladle Rat Rotten Hut"
Ladle Rat Rotten Hut is a phonetic re-telling of the classic fairy tale,
Little Red Riding Hood.
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? 1 2 3
Some other interesting sites you may want to check out...
Free I.Q. Test!
Try this short but challenging intelligence test from the Institute
for Self Improvement.
Lateral thinking puzzles
These puzzles require creative thinking - an interesting form of "intelligence".
Book reviews of The Bell Curve
The Bell Curve is a controversial book about heritability of
intelligence. These are some book reviews from APA journals.
A Word a Day
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??
Check out this paper by Robert E. Lloyd which argues that electronic
mail has created a language of its own.
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