What is Intelligence?

1) What does the term "IQ" mean?

- The term IQ comes from the German Intelligenz-Quotient, and it means intelligence quotient.

2) When, where and by whom was the concept of IQ developed?

- The concept was developed in France by the French psychologist Alfred Binet. This happened in 1904. Originally, it was designed to test school students and determine the child's mental age.

3) What is the average IQ?

- The average IQ is between 90 - 110.

 

4) What is Mensa International?

 

-   It is a high IQ society. This society provides a forum for intellectual exchange among its members. There are members in more than 100 countries around the world.

 

5) Name at least two different IQ tests.

 

- WISC-lV whic is used for children. WAIS-III which is the most commonly used.

ARTICLE: Marijuana Is Gateway Drug for Two Debates

Some marijuana users  become adicts just like the person in this article. if she did not smoke her pot, she felt  anxious, irritable, sleepless and lost. This is how many people that are addicted to something feel when they do not have a dose of their adicting substance.
She expresses marijuana adiction as slow suicide. Marijuana has been proven to have no risk of dying at all like other drugs.The drug cannot lead to fatal overdose and its hazards pale in comparison with those of alcohol. Despite this, marijuana can be up to five times more potent than the cannabis of the 1970s, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. . Many public health officials worry that this stronger marijuana has increased addiction rates and is potentially more dangerous to teenagers, whose brains are still developing. And many goverment people and individuals think that marijuana should be legalized and this is a huge contoversic topic now a days.
In conclusion marijuana is not addictive but manyu people can become addicts. They wil feel really awkward if they dont consume it. Other people want it to be legalized for medicinal uses, but others say it would be a bad thing.

ARTICLE: Is Pot Good For You?

There are many uses, and views of marijuanna. Some people actually think that the U.S. government has sabotaged the medicinal effects of marijuanna. All of the new studies have put the government and scientists in a position of wether legalizing marijuanna or not.

Many people do not know if marijuanna kills or not. No one has ever died of THC poisoning. This is because a 160 pound person would have to smoke about 900 joints in a sitting to reach a lethal dose. Some people have tried, but yet, nobody has died. Even though it has not killed anyone, it affects the body of the consumer. One of the problems is respiratory problems. Also, it can be a cause of indirect death like driving while being stonned for example, because this might get you into a car accident and cause death. Heacy smokers might get inschemia which is an insufficient blood suply. Sometimes it may even cause a heart attack. This proves that marijuanna can have different effects on different people.

Pot normally makes long time users slower and they have difficulties of speech.



Marijuanna can make you sick because it affects the immune system because one of tha receptors is located in immune cells. The effects of the THC are unclear since many people get different effects from it.
also, heavy pot smokers who quit can experience such withdrawal symptoms as anxiety, difficulty sleeping and stomach pain. On the other hand, the risk of becoming dependent on marijuana is comparatively low.