In 1905, in order to improve the education of stunted children, the French Board of Education asked Professor Alfred Binet to compile the world's first "children's intelligence test".
In the more than one hundred years since then, countless parents have been tireless in such "intelligence tests", full of hope for their children, expecting that his IQ is far beyond ordinary people, and he is a genius in nowhere.
But it may be different from the understanding of some parents, there is actually a difference between "IQ" and "intelligence", and it cannot be completely equated.
The so-called "intelligence" refers to our ability to recognize things and solve problems, which contains five aspects: observation, imagination, memory, thinking and judgment.
And "IQ" is also known as "intelligence quotient", which is what we often call "IQ (Intelligence Quotient)", which refers to the "ratio of intellectual age to actual age", if a child's intelligence level is far more than the general intelligence level of peers, the higher the IQ, on the contrary, if the intelligence is lower than the general level of the same age, the IQ is relatively low.
Therefore, to assess a person's IQ, is closely related to age, in life we will indeed find that some children's intelligence level is much higher than their peers, intellectual age is much more than the actual age, this is the child's "gifted" performance.
Children with high IQ often have these 4 manifestations, do your children have them?
1. Logical thinking is clear
According to the division of psychologist Raymond Cattell, human intelligence can be divided into fluid intelligence and crystal intelligence, where crystal intelligence refers to the ability to accumulate knowledge, which tends to gradually rise with age, while fluid intelligence refers to the ability to understand complex relationships and solve problems, which tends to peak in adulthood and then show a downward trend with age.
If the child's logical thinking is clear, whether it is the cognition of things or when doing a specific thing, it will show a strong logic, more clear organization, and a stronger performance in "fluid intelligence", that is, a higher IQ.
2. Strong language skills
In 1983's "Mental Architecture: Multiple Intelligences Theory", Gardner divided intelligence into "seven intelligences", and language ability is one of them, including language expression ability and word comprehension ability.
If the child can speak, like to talk, and can organize the language anytime and anywhere, and express his own views accurately, it often means that the child has a good IQ performance.
3. Spatial capability
In psychologist Gardner's division, spatial ability is also one of the "seven intelligences."
If the child can accurately distinguish between near and far, the contrast between light and shade, and the mastery of graphics or images, then its intellectual performance is also relatively excellent.
In fact, we have similar experiences in life, when the school math scores are good, more "smart" students, often have a good spatial ability, can achieve "combination of numbers and shapes", have a stronger understanding of mathematics.
4. Divergent and imaginative thinking
If the child is usually "whimsical" and comes up with some wild ideas, then the child's thinking is divergent enough and the intelligence is higher.
For example, many of the great scientists we know, such as Einstein, Newton, etc., Newton thought of gravity according to an apple, Einstein imagined the four-dimensional space that ordinary people cannot understand, the way light travels, etc., which are the outward manifestations of his absolute intelligence.
How to improve your child's intelligence level?
According to the current research, the child's intelligence is affected by genes up to no more than 49%, and at least 51% is determined by the acquired growth environment, the education received and other factors, that is to say, whether IQ or intelligence, is not completely innate, we can cultivate through the efforts of the day after tomorrow, starting from the following 3 aspects, it is completely possible to help children improve intelligence.
1. Create a good growth environment for children
Some hospitals in the United States have done an intelligence trial for abandoned babies, they divided the children into two groups, the first group is taken care of by a fixed person every day, the second group is a daily replacement care, half a year later, the results show that the first group of children IQ is twice as high as the second group.
The researchers believe that the first group has always been cared for by the same people, has a sufficient sense of security, and grows up in a friendlier environment, which is why such a large gap will appear in the end.
We should also pay attention to this when educating children, try to create a more secure and comfortable growth environment for children, give children more companionship, only children do not need to worry about changes in the external environment, in order to exert their potential and have higher intelligence.
2. Improve your child's emotional intelligence
When someone performs well and does things without leaks, we often call them "high emotional intelligence."
In fact, as some netizens said, "the IQ of people with high emotional intelligence must not be too bad", emotional intelligence and IQ are actually complementary to each other.
If we want to improve our children's IQ, we can start by cultivating their children's emotional intelligence, such as improving their children's expression ability, emotional control ability, etc., which can help children perform better at key moments.
3. Reading improves thinking skills
For children, books are the most important way to enrich their own insights and improve the depth of their thoughts.
Through reading books, children can master more knowledge, cultivate their own thinking ability, the more children read, the more comprehensive the way of thinking about problems, and the higher the intelligence.
Old Miao Conclusion:
A child's IQ is not only affected by genetics, but also the education they receive.
If we want to improve the child's IQ, we can start from the above 3 aspects, only parents pay attention to guiding education, the child's potential can be maximized, and the IQ level is higher.
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