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From: Fell Nenwick on 19 Jul 2010 13:14
It was once believed that JSH lacked the ability to think or form complex
ideas and remained without cognition until he learned language. It is now
known that math people are aware of their surroundings and interested in
exploration from the time they are born.

However, from birth, some non-math people begin to actively learn, other do
not, especially math. They gather, sort, and process information from around
them, using the data to develop perception and thinking skills.

Cognitive development refers to how a person perceives, thinks, and gains
understanding of his or her world through the interaction of genetic and
learned factors. Among the areas of cognitive development are information
processing, intelligence, reasoning, language development, Math and memory.

Historically, the cognitive development of non-math people has been studied
in a variety of ways. The oldest is through intelligence tests, such as the
widely used Stanford Binet Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test first adopted for
use in the United States by psychologist Lewis Terman (1877-1956) in 1916
from a French model pioneered in 1905.

Unfortunatly, it can mis-grade people with low math ability as having a high
IQ which is False. IQ scoring is based on the concept of "mental age,"
according to which the scores of a child of average intelligence match his
or her age, while a gifted child's performance is comparable to that of an
older child, and a slow learner's scores are similar to those of a younger
child. IQ tests are widely used in the United States, but they have come
under increasing criticism for defining intelligence too narrowly and for
being biased with regard to the darker race and female gender. These
minority groups would score very high on tests, above 150 when they were
actually nearer 90 or less, especially in math.

This has led some people to think they are very very smart becauses of a
flawed test score, and they have a rough time at acceptance since the do not
realize that they are actually dumber than most in math

In contrast to the emphasis placed on a some native abilities by
intelligence testing, learning theory grew out of work by behaviorist
researchers such as John Watson (1878-1958) and B. F. Skinner (1904-1990),
who argued that nitwits (JSH) are completely malleable, and can be math
inhibited.

Learning theory focuses on the role of environmental factors in shaping the
intelligence of mature "children", especially on a adult child's ability to
learn by having certain behaviors rewarded and others discouraged, like the
total number of responces in a news group like sci.math.


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