弗林效应the Flynn Effect

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1、WhatistheFlynnEffectTheFlynneffectisatheorywhichemphasizesthefactthataverageintelligencequotient(IQ)scoreshaverisenovergenerations.JamesR.FlynnwasthefirstpersontosystematicallyclassifytheIQlevelcomparisonbetweensuccessivegenerations.Thiseffecthasbeenobservedacrosscultures,althou

2、ghinvaryingdegrees.Youwouldhavecomeacrosspeople,orevenyoumighthavenoticedthatnow-a-dayschildrenaremoreintelligentorquicktoabsorbanewconcept.ThisnoticeabledifferencebetweengenerationshasbeenscientificallyputforthbyFlynnandseveralotherresearchers.JamesFlynnisapoliticalscientistfro

3、mNewZealand,whoputforththisobservation,althoughitwassubstantiatedbyvariousotherpsychologistsandacademicians.TheFlynnEffectAstandardIQtestadministeredtopeoplefromvariousgenerationshasconclusivelyprovedthefactthattherehasbeenalinearanduninterruptedincreaseintheaveragehumanintellec

4、tualcapabilities.Thesetestscoreswerenormalizedforeverystudybeingconducted.Normalizationgivestheaveragescoreforaparticulargroupofpeople.Thesametestwasadministeredtothenextgenerationandthenormalizedresultwascomparedwiththeprevioustest.Theresultshaveconfirmedahigherintelligencequot

5、ient(IQ)level.AccordingtoFlynn,theseeffectsareduetoacombinationoffactorswhichundergoadrasticchangewitheachsuccessivegeneration.Thecognitivepsychologyofasucceedinggenerationhasalotofstimulationfortheabstractmind,andhenceabetterinterpretativeabilitytoassimilatetheseideas.Thisdeman

6、dsalotofthinkingandreasoningfromanaveragehumanbrain.Asimpleexamplecanbethescientificadvancementwhichhasundergoneaseaofchange.Apersonnowinhis40shadlimitedaccesstotechnologicalinventions,theweb,ormobilecommunicationinhischildhood.Instarkcontrasttothis,considerhissonborninthe1990s,

7、whoisquiteadeptandcomfortableusingtheseadvancements.Eventhoughheisusingthesetechnologiesunknowingly,(hisbraincomprehendsmorefactsthanwhathisfather'sdid,athisage)theaverageeffortputinbyhisbraintounderstandaparticularsystemishigherthanhisfather'sbrain.Thiscanbeduetovarietyofreason

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