Intelligence Articles

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• Community, Libraries and Mental Health
  Unlike his colleague Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler -- another early 20th century psychologist -- wasn’t interested in analyzing ...
• Finding the Right College
  Parents: Please note that this column is meant to be shared with your teenager. Okay, you made ...
• Smart Thinking: 3 Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done
  Today we have access to more information than ever before -- at our fingertips, quickly, and in great volume. Going along with that, we also have a wealth of books and websites that tell us ...
• Kiss That Frog! 12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives in Your Life and Work
  The late comedian George Carlin had a great line about self-help books: “If you’re looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else? That’s not self­-help. That’s help!” While we can all ...
• Revisiting a School Program that Rescued ‘Losers’
  A few years ago, I read Dr. Bob Brooks’ monthly article which focused on one of his favorite themes: schools ...
• Reflections on Grass Root Changes in Educating Children
  A few years ago, I was sitting at my desk this morning and reviewing several articles ...
• Paranormality: Why We See What Isn’t There
  Author and professor Richard Wiseman has spent his career investigating and debunking everything from ghosts to psychics to séances to prophets.  While he now has a PhD in psychology with an emphasis in parapsychology, he ...
• Executive Function Problem or Just a Lazy Kid: Part 2
  Executive development happens primarily in the prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain more sensitive to stress ...
• Executive Function Problem or Just a Lazy Kid: Part 1
  Executive functioning is the new “hot” umbrella term used by teachers, counselors, and parents to describe a ...
• Sudden Genius? The Gradual Path to Creative Breakthroughs
  That question mark in the title is all-important as author Andrew Robinson attempts to provide answers to many questions about extreme intelligence we call genius. What Robinson wants the reader to understand is that the ...
• Home-School Collaboration for Children with Learning Disabilities
  The transition into elementary school can be especially tough for our children with learning disabilities and challenging behavior. Whether ...
• The Way of the Comedian
  This article has been excerpted from Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve by Nichole Force, M.A. According to a tale in the ...
• Teens with Intellectual Disability Have it Harder
  Trudy is 16 and attends the local high school. Her mother tells me she’s always been an affectionate, optimistic ...
• Adult Asperger’s: The Relief of A Diagnosis
  The following are criteria for Aspergers that have been excerpted from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV): Qualitative ...
• Help Your Intellectually Disabled Child Handle Bullying
  “Sticks and stones will break my bones But words will never hurt me.” ~Children’s chant The chant is a lie! It may ...
• Intelligence Linked to Bipolar Disorder
  Research has indicated that bipolar disorder may be up to four times more common in young people who were straight-A students. A link between high IQ and bipolar disorder has been proposed for many years, ...
• Why Intelligent People Do Foolish Things
  Society is replete with examples of intelligent people doing foolish things. This seems puzzling considering that intelligent people (as indicated by intelligence tests ...
• What Intelligence Tests Miss
  In his excellent book, What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought, cognitive scientist Keith Stanovich argues that popular intelligence tests do not measure key rational thinking skills. Intelligence tests measure important mental ...