Flynn Effect

1. Do you believe people are really getting smarter?

In my opinion, I believe people are getting smarter because of the intellectual ability. The Flynneffect is the name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scoresmeasured in many parts of the world. It is not easy to answer this question without having a deepknowledge about it. In my opinion, people are really getting smarter as compare to their relationsor intellectual ability.

It’s the capacity to do mental activities, such as thinking, reasoning, a

nd problem solving. There are many factors that can prove my ides, such as computers, robots,skyscraper buildings, satellites and so on. To build or create such a kind of amazing things weneed smart people. I am not going to say that the people who lived in the past were not smart. Iam just going to say that as compare to past, nowadays people are getting smarter. Today we arenot just studying only one subject; we are studying multiple subjects and fields. There are manynew subjects come up by time passes. Today we have many opportunities for studying, becausenew technologies can help us to study more efficiently. For instance, computer and internetforces people to think more abstractly. Whatever we need we can find from internet within fewseconds.

2. Which of the factors explaining the Flynn Effect do you accept?

The Flynn Effect has given the most suitable factors in this case. He explained four differentfactors, such as Education, Smaller Families, Test-talking savvy and Genes. Education has beenchanged a lot since past years. Today students use the modern technologies for studying purpose.Internet is one of the most useful things for studying. On the other hand, students take a lot oftests during the semesters and they become a professional. They know how to take tests and howto do well on them. It helps to new generation to do well with IQ test and so forth.