Cognitive Psychology. Research on Cognitive Psychology and Intelligence Quotient. Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Code Date INTRODUCTION. Cognitive psychology is a branch of psychology that entails studying mental processes such as an individual’s creativity, perception and thinking. Robert Sternberg defines Intelligence as a form of cognitive ability that enables one to learn from experience, the ability to reason well, the ability to remember significant information and cope with the day to day needs of life. Sternberg, R. J., & Mio, J. S. (2009). Intelligence Quotient is a score obtained from a set of standardized tests meant to assess the levels of human intelligence Research shows that IQ may be related either to the speed of conduction of neural impulses or to the efficiency of the neural circuitry. Locate scholarly research on IQ related to any or all of these factors and briefly summarize the information. The ‘efficiency of the neuralcircuitry’ school of thought has been expressed in the Neural Efficiency Theory. This theory illustrates a sort of negative correlation between brain activity under cognitive load and especially on intelligence Quotient. The theory is inspired by the activities of the white matter and myelin in the brain. The white matter in the brain is composed of neuronal fibers that are generally coated with myelin-a form of electrical insulation. Matlin, M. W. (2013). In the recent times, myelin has attracted greater importance in regard to addressing psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. Myelin is said to influence the normal cognitive functions, activities such as learning and the Intelligence Quotient levels. Myelin has been used in neural impulse studies because of the fact that it affects information processing the velocity and synchrony of impulse conduction between distant cortical regions. Testing Intelligence Quotient is made possible by the situation presented in the brain whereby there is an existence of limited processing activity in some brain areas and rather adequate processing activities on some more task-relevant areas of brain and body in general. This approach has given way to the invention of electroencephalogram technique used in studying performance of different memory tasks, in measuring velocity of nerve conduction. This is significant as it is used to measure individual’s speed of processing information. Explain processing time theories. Do you think they accurately reflect the aspects of intelligence? Why or why not? Processing time theories has expounded on the study of cognitive development. The proponents of the theory argue that human beings naturally process the information available to them rather than just responding to stimuli. Reisberg, D. (2013). The ‘Processing time’ idea is exhibited in light of four activities namely; the process of giving attention to events in the surrounding environment, encoding relevant information and creating a relatio.

1. Cognitive Psychology.
Research on Cognitive Psychology and Intelligence Quotient.
Student’s Name
Instructor’s Name
Course Code
Date
INTRODUCTION.
Cognitive psychology is a branch of psychology that entails
studying mental processes such as an individual’s creativity,
perception and thinking. Robert Sternberg defines Intelligence
as a form of cognitive ability that enables one to learn from
experience, the ability to reason well, the ability to remember
significant information and cope with the day to day needs of
life. Sternberg, R. J., & Mio, J. S. (2009). Intelligence Quotient
is a score obtained from a set of standardized tests meant to
assess the levels of human intelligence
Research shows that IQ may be related either to the speed of
conduction of neural impulses or to the efficiency of the neural
circuitry. Locate scholarly research on IQ related to any or all
of these factors and briefly summarize the information.
The ‘efficiency of the neuralcircuitry’ school of thought has
been expressed in the Neural Efficiency Theory. This theory
illustrates a sort of negative correlation between brain activity
under cognitive load and especially on intelligence Quotient.
The theory is inspired by the activities of the white matter and
myelin in the brain. The white matter in the brain is composed
of neuronal fibers that are generally coated with myelin-a form
of electrical insulation. Matlin, M. W. (2013). In the recent

2. times, myelin has attracted greater importance in regard to
addressing psychiatric disorders such as depression and
schizophrenia. Myelin is said to influence the normal cognitive
functions, activities such as learning and the Intelligence
Quotient levels. Myelin has been used in neural impulse studies
because of the fact that it affects information processing the
velocity and synchrony of impulse conduction between distant
cortical regions.
Testing Intelligence Quotient is made possible by the situation
presented in the brain whereby there is an existence of limited
processing activity in some brain areas and rather adequate
processing activities on some more task-relevant areas of brain
and body in general. This approach has given way to the
invention of electroencephalogram technique used in studying
performance of different memory tasks, in measuring velocity
of nerve conduction. This is significant as it is used to measure
individual’s speed of processing information.
Explain processing time theories. Do you think they accurately
reflect the aspects of intelligence? Why or why not?
Processing time theories has expounded on the study of
cognitive development. The proponents of the theory argue that
human beings naturally process the information available to
them rather than just responding to stimuli. Reisberg, D. (2013).
The ‘Processing time’ idea is exhibited in light of four activities
namely; the process of giving attention to events in the
surrounding environment, encoding relevant information and
creating a relation to the initial knowledge in the brain, storing
the new knowledge in the brain and generating the ability to
retrieve the stored information when convenient to do so.
This theory employs the nature of working of the computer i.e.
comparing the C.P.U of the computer-responsible for processing
data to the human brain system. The brain involves attention
systems for outsourcing and bringing information in, a working
memory unit that synthesizes information and another long term
memory unit that holds information for future use.

3. I think processing time theories accurately reflect the aspects of
intelligence because of the feasibility of the arguments
discussed above.
Explain the benefits and drawbacks of conducting IQ tests in
general and its use in schools.
IQ tests are proficient in measuring a very wide variety of
natural human behaviors more than any other measuring
mechanisms. They create a uniform way of comparing one’s
performance with that of other individuals of similar age. These
tests have been credited for showing wide variety of differences
in terms of people’s preference to existing cultural and
biological sphere of influence. Sternberg, R. J., & Mio, J. S.
(2009).
These tests have also been credited for their ability to predict
academic achievements due to the fact that these tests reveal
individual’s mental strength and weakness. Results of the tests
foster the revelation of hidden talents and abilities in students.
This leads to opening of more avenues and opportunities for the
successful test subject. Reisberg, D. (2013).
In situations whereby the generated IQ tests’ scores are availed
to sophisticated clinicians, the clinicians can give professional
advice regarding child and adult development, besides giving a
concrete understanding of a person’s psychological state and
ability.
IQ tests don’t test other significant behaviors of a person
especially kids and thus parents may make a mistake of placing
their children in special education systems entirely basing their
judgments on results of the IQ test. This may lead to straining
and increased stress on the child because they could have been
placed on environments higher than their individual levels and
capabilities. Sternberg, R. J., & Mio, J. S. (2009).
The IQ tests are very unstable and thus unreliable, most
especially in the long run. For instance, the results of a child
obtained when the child is 4 years old would be different as

4. compared to the results when the child is tested 8 years later.
There is a highly likelihood of a decrease in the levels of IQ,
therefore, this situation erodes the significance of IQ tests,
because of an underlying potential of parents making
inappropriate choices later on.
IQ tests have been termed as ‘shallow’ due to the fact that they
basically reveal the condition of the person on the day of the
test, under certain prevailing and rather specific conditions on
that material day. The tests only measures a part of individual’s
intelligence. Again, the results of the test might be
compromised by the subject’s level of anxiety and
distractibility. The IQ tests don’t reveal the ability of the
subject to psychologically react to different conditions on
another different timing/day. Take the context of a school
setting; the IQ tests won’t reveal other important aspects of a
child/student such as their moral consciousness like their ability
to share toys, stationaries or even how well they can interact
with their colleagues. Matlin, M. W. (2013).
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Breedlove, S. M., & Watson, N. V. (2013). Biological
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Matlin, M. W. (2013). Cognitive psychology. Hoboken, NJ:
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Reisberg, D. (2013). The Oxford handbook of cognitive
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Sternberg, R. J., & Mio, J. S. (2009). Cognitive psychology.
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