tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post5664579392929070265..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Fun and contentment (plus death and IQ)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-6782849655874090132015-11-19T23:10:27.418+00:002015-11-19T23:10:27.418+00:00my long reply has been lost in the system! This is...my long reply has been lost in the system! This is my piece on Linda's work http://drjamesthompson.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-7-tribes-of-intellect.html<br />Working at one's ability level is not a tragedy. Most stress caused by ambition exceeding ability, not low ability per se. All of us learn to accept limitations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-14608444923079076532015-11-19T16:42:36.339+00:002015-11-19T16:42:36.339+00:00James,
I have a note and question about intellect...James,<br /><br />I have a note and question about intellectually slow people.<br /><br />I am not referring to the person who meets the criteria for an Intellectual Disability (also called mental retardation).... I am talking about the person who has the ability to learn necessary academic skills, but at a rate and depth below average same age peers. In order to grasp new concepts, this person needs more time, more repetition, and often more resources from teachers to be successful. Typically, this person has great difficulty with <b>new and complex reasoning</b> which makes new concepts difficult to learn. <br /><br />Slow learners tend to perform at their ability level which is below average. These individuals are prone to much anxiety and low self image which goes unnoticed by many in society. They often feel 'stupid' and begin hating school at an early age. Day-to-day academic life can be very draining and yet many somehow manage to make it through the system and through high school (in the United States).<br /><br />The psychologist and intelligence researcher Linda Gottfredson wrote a good piece titled <i>Why g Matters: The Complexity of Everyday Life</i>. An excerpt:<br /><br /><b>"Life is replete with uncertainty, change, confusion, and misinformation, sometimes minor and at times massive. From birth to death, life continually requires us to master abstractions, solve problems, draw inferences, and make judgments on the basis of inadequate information. Such demands may be especially intense in school, but they hardly cease when one walks out the school door..."</b><br /><br />Question:<br /><br />Can you sympathize with a person who says that one of their major reasons for contemplating suicide often (besides exhaustion and personal failure) is that they just don’t feel competent to handle the mental demands of life?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528699420078683796noreply@blogger.com