Do you think intelligence can be increased or is it unchangeable throughout time?

[Anonymous]

[jennifer_bloom]

I believe it can be increased unless you are 70 or 100 years old because people become better at new tasks after training that area of their brain. Like I used to be somebody who could not focus on more than one detail at a time, but after training myself, I could focus on two, and later I could focus on four. And in high school, my math grades went from Ds in the gifted program to low 80s in regular school at a time when an 80 was an A and a 50 was a D. Over a 3 year period, I went from D’s to A’s.

[Lgmswolf024]

ouuu good question I just started my intelligence unit in AP psychology so I don’t know much yet, but there are many theories on intelligence. Some believe that everyone has a certain “cap” in their mental capacities and once you hit that you can’t go above that.. I forgot what theory that’s called but if I learn anything that would answer this question as my unit progresses I’ll definitely come back :)

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Intellectual capacity can't be increased. The capacity to learn can be increased though especially if you surround yourself with smart people.

[misogynistic_pig]

Intelligence increases as you become an adult and begins to decrease when you turn 30, because your neural processes begin to be damaged.

[dustybiker]

Everyones ability to learn, process, absorb is different. You can work on focus.