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It’s no surprise to know that intelligence and IQ are closely related, in fact they’re from the same family, or rather the we could simply consider the IQ as a tool to “quantify” intelligence, regardless of how accurate or inaccurate this measuring process is. We already know what an I.Q is, but to know the relation between the two we need to understand what “intelligence” is.
Intelligence is defined as general cognitive problem-solving skills, and could be described as a mental ability involved in reasoning, perceiving relationships and analogies, calculating, learning quickly… etc.
Some psychologists have divided intelligence into subcategories. For example Howard Gardner maintained that it is comprised of seven components: musical, bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, linguistic, spatial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
It is widely known that intelligence is inherited and so is the I.Q level, but the environment factor has a part in shaping it as well. While studies showed that heredity is an important factor in determining intelligence; it was also suggested that environment is a critical factor in determining the extent of its expression.
Studies showed that the grey matter volume is strongly determined by genes, and reflected cognitive performance. It was also suggested that there is a strong genetic influence on IQ, verbal and spatial abilities. So in other words our genes determine in a big part the quality of our intelligence, our ability to integrate and process information.
Even though a good part of intelligence is believed to be inherited, is it also possible to increase it to a certain level, and there are certainly ways to help boost it, also called intelligence amplification/ enhancers, by practicing many proven cognitive tools such as mnemonics, problem-solving heuristics, creativity techniques and decision-making tools. An increase in the intelligence level can only result in a better life, health, and standard of living. Below you will find some simple ways to enhance intelligence:
Deep thinking: in life it’s not enough to just react to events, and situations, rather we should have a conscious objective and select our actions to get nearer our objective. Also it’s important to think about consequences of our actions, to minimize the possibilities of errors and regret. Deep thinking would normally help you live better, and reach your goals.
Good reasoning: it is the key to success, especially if performed consciously and in the proper order: 1) have an objective, 2) make a general sensing about it, 3) determine your decision based on your sensing, 4) make alternate plans (along the main objective), 5) select the best response/ plan. 5) start by carrying out your plan, 6) observe results, 7) store experiences (for future reference).
Learning from past experience: it is believed that many inventions were actually re-inventions; for example Egyptians 2000-4000 years ago were using some unique techniques to build their temples, buildings… but since the early Egyptians were not good at keeping records of what they were doing, many of their inventions/ techniques were lost, and they had to be reinvented many centuries after them, which means that we had to start from point zero again because we didn’t keep records of our discoveries. You can apply that to your own life, learning from the past experience either bad or good is very beneficial, and can save you a lot of time and effort. A good way to do that is journal writing which is a useful way to develop self understanding, and to analyze events, in addition to provide a record of how we change and evolve over time.
Practice: you cannot learn swimming from a book, the same thing should be taken into consideration when dealing with “thinking”; you cannot learn to think without practicing. And as mentioned earlier, a good way to start is with cognitive tools such as mnemonics, problem-solving heuristics, creativity techniques, brainstorming, puzzles, brain teasing games… etc.
Gifted : used to describe individuals having great natural ability or talent, usually the equivalent of “intelligent”, this term is used often with children ”a gifted child”, also other possible equivalent words are “smart”, “nerd”, “brainy”, “genius”…etc.
Giftedness : is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. The fact of having a mind ahead of the physical growth, and could be simply the equivalent of “intelligence”.
Creativity: mental process of generating new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts.
I.Q in other languages : (Danish) abbr. - IK, intelligenskvotient, (Dutch) IQ, (French) abrév. quotient intellectuel, (German) abbr. - IQ, Intelligenzquotient, (Greek) abbr. - Δείκτης Νοημοσύνης, (Italian) Quoziente di Intelligenza, (Portuguese) abbr. - Quociente (m) de Inteligência (Q.I.), (Russian) коэффициент умственного азвития
(Spanish) abbr. - cociente intelectual, (Swedish) abbr. - intelligence quotient, (Chinese (Simplified)) 智力商数, 进口限额, (Chinese (Traditional)) abbr. - 智力商數, 進口限額, (Korean) abbr. - intelligence quotient (지능지수), (Japanese) abbr. - 知能指数, (Arabic) (اختصار) معامل الذكاء , (Hebrew) abbr. - מנת משכל, איי קיו
Super-brain : also called mega-brain is used as a term to refer to machines or individuals who can perform/ process complicated tasks in a relatively faster speed.
High IQ Society : usually refers to a community where people with higher I.Q/ geniuses meet and exchange their ideas for the benefit of humanity, and to encourage the uses of intelligence. Usually a certain I.Q score should be obtained to join one of those societies.
G Factor : is an expression used to quantify what is common to the scores of all intelligence tests. G is the abbreviation of “general intelligence factor”.
Brainstorming: the process performed by a person or a group of people to solve a problem by rapidly generating a variety of possible solutions.
IQLOGY: science related to the studies and research about the I.Q (intelligence quotient).
Intelligence in other languages: (in differnent languages) Dutch (intelligentie), French (intelligence), German (Intelligenz), Greek (ευφυϊα), Italian (notizia), Portuguese (inteligência), Russian (умственные способности), Spanish (inteligencia), Swedish (intelligens), Chinese (智力, 智力), Japanese (理解力), Arabic (ذكاء), Hebrew (תבונה).
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