The Psychologist”s Advice
The process of development of social maturity of the youth and its life choice take place in all basic spheres of human activity realizing through education, learning and transforming the experience of the previous generations.
The main social psychological regulators of this process and meanwhile the indicators of the status of the youth in the society are value orientations, social rules.
Myths about IQ Tests
The Intelligence Quotient Test was worked out by Hans Isenk in the 1940ths and became extremely popular all over Europe. It made its author famous. The expression like “his IQ is low” became an euphemism of the characteristics “He is stupid”. But still it”s not quite true. Intellect is defined as the integrity of cognitive abilities of a person which testify to their level of thinking and the ability to solve complex problems. That”s why the aim of the IQ tests is to find out what type of thinking is the most developed in a person – figurative, logical, verbal, etc and to appraise his or her memory, the level of development, attention.
Be careful! Manipulation!
Me, you and most people on the Earth happened to be manipulated and controlled by our emotions from the very beginning of our talk. You are going to do something but your friend, neighbour or your relative efficiently makes you do what he expects. It determines inner crisis: you want to refuse but are afraid that your friend would be offended. Perhaps you are excited that the reasons of the refusal are not quite well-grounded. By this you give an opportunity for the other people to make you feel guilt, anxiety and ignorance. We yield our dignity, self-respect, under our behaviour and responsibility to the people who try to manipulate.