The Precipitous Decline in Reasoning and Other Key Abilities with Age and Its Implications for Federal Judges

Kaufman, Alan S.

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“…(According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, in 2017, over 15% of active physician workforce in the United States is over the age of 65, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2019). Similar concerns have been expressed about the intellectual functioning of older federal judges (Kaufman, 2021). The alarms are predicated on the premise that neurological and cognitive decline (e.g., IQ) associated with advanced age may result in physicians who are no longer suitability capable to provide competent care.…”

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Intelligence … moving beyond the lowest common denominator.

Ackerman¹

2023

American Psychologist

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Despite a century of use in assessing children for predicting academic success, IQ theory and assessments largely overlook the intellectual repertoires of adolescents and adults that are not common, including declarative, procedural, and tacit knowledge. Such knowledge and skill repertoires are essential elements of adult intellectual life and livelihood. A proposal for considering a wider range of knowledge and skills in the definition and assessment of intelligence is offered, along with ideas for moving forward in both research and applications. When intelligence is considered beyond the lowest common denominator, it is clear that there are many important questions have yet to be answered about adolescent and adult intellectual development, maintenance, and decline, occupational performance, relations between intelligence and nonability traits, and the role of engagement in day-to-day intellectual functioning. The proposed focus is to reconsider what it means to be an intelligent adult beyond the IQ measures and to recognize that adults, on average, are far more "intelligent" than they have been considered to be by traditional IQ assessments developed over the last century.

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Section: Leveraging the Assessment Of Procedural Skillsmentioning

confidence: 94%

Intelligence … moving beyond the lowest common denominator.

Ackerman¹

2023

American Psychologist

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“…And IQ can even affect a life-or-death sentence in a capital murder case (Flynn, 2006). Kaufman (2021) has suggested that IQ tests could be used not only to judge criminals but also to judge judges. He suggested that IQ could be used as a basis to determine whether federal judges in the United States be allowed to continue serving.…”

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An Historical Causal-Chain Theory of Conceptions of Intelligence

Sternberg

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Karami

2023

Review of General Psychology

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Lurking behind every conception of intelligence—whether an implicit (folk) or explicit (expert-generated) conception—is an underlying theory of meaning that specifies the form the theory of intelligence does and, indeed, can take. These underlying theories of meaning become presuppositions for the conception’s form. The theories of meaning have different origins—for example, psycholinguistic, philosophical, and anthropological. This essay reviews the different underlying theories of meaning and proposes a new historical causal-chain theory of conceptions of intelligence. The underlying theories of meaning affect the flexibility and modifiability of laypersons’ (implicit) and experts’ (explicit) conceptions of intelligence. As a result, these historical causal chains have profound but largely invisible effects on societies.

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“…According to ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the age of full professors is getting younger and younger but we also know that the aging of the teaching staff is still a serious problem. Kaufman used to say that processing speed, fluid reasoning, and working memory are all susceptible to natural aging at all educational levels [9]. Their ability to accept new things gets much weaker than youths.…”

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The Application of Project-based Learning of English Major Students in the University

Wang

2023

EHSS

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Since the promotion of project-based learning has not been widely accepted in Chinese universities, especially for English major students, it is necessary to find the barriers and find some solutions to overcome them. The advantages of project-based learning are widely spread, including increasing students’ knowledge, and improving their autonomy, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. However, it hasn’t been totally accepted by Chinese universities, especially for English major students for different reasons of students and teachers. Also, the evaluation method of a project-based classroom is totally different from the traditional one which has advantages like maximizing students’ ability and barriers of evaluation like the corresponding standard that blocks the promotion way. What’s more, the contrast between traditional pedagogies and project-based learning exists. Since there are so many factors on the promotion path of project-based learning, the solutions for students and teachers are essential. The study's goal is to raise the profile of English major students in Chinese institutions through enhancing project-based learning.

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The Precipitous Decline in Reasoning and Other Key Abilities with Age and Its Implications for Federal Judges

Cited by 3 publications

References 69 publications

Intelligence … moving beyond the lowest common denominator.

Intelligence … moving beyond the lowest common denominator.

An Historical Causal-Chain Theory of Conceptions of Intelligence

The Application of Project-based Learning of English Major Students in the University

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