Q&A: Is Intelligence a Deterministic Thing?
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Is Intelligence a Deterministic Thing?
Question
That is, can intelligence be improved? Or is it a fixed, predetermined deterministic concept?
Answer
This depends on how you define intelligence. There are inborn components, and there are components that can be improved, so the question is which of all this you choose to call intelligence. But of course I’m not an expert on this matter.
As far as I know, people say that training for the Wechsler test (which measures intelligence, and some say defines it…) can improve the score by only half a standard deviation (at least at older ages).