Passage 5 Intelligence
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent, our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can made a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than on who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus, the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, held by most experts now, can be supported in a number of ways. As is easy to show that intelligence is, to some extent, something we are born with: the closer the blood relationship between people is, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent, our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can made a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than on who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus, the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, held by most experts now, can be supported in a number of ways. As is easy to show that intelligence is, to some extent, something we are born with: the closer the blood relationship between people is, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence.
