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Thomas Ganey

Author Thomas Ganey

Author of the book Discovering Your Intelligence.

Master teacher and professor of philosophy, Thomas Ganey advances fresh ideas on mindpower. His insights come not only from research but also from his rich experience as an educator for more than three decades.

This website should enrich your understanding of intelligence. It features direct instruction on the mindpower you use every day and commentary on related issues. A quiz on intelligence establishes the focus. To pursue this subject further, you are invited to investigate Professor Thomas Ganey’s book Discovering Your Intelligence: What Nobody Taught You About Your Mind.

thomas@discoveringyourintelligence.com

Quiz on Intelligence

True or False:

The IQ of a person is fixed and will not change once that person reaches adulthood.

True

False

X

Your brain shrinks as you age.

True

False

X

Most studies in artificial intelligence indicate that computers will soon be able to duplicate human intelligence.

True

False

X

Ants have brains.

True

False

X

The mind ordinarily thinks in words.

True

False

X

Research has shown consistent differences between the way men think and the way women think.

True

False

X

The fallacy of composition is the mistake in reasoning where one assumes that what is true of the part is true of the whole.

True

False

X

Typically, in experiments testing for bias in thinking, people with high IQ’s perform significantly better than others.

True

False

X

People who are left-handed have more brain activity in the left hemisphere of the brain than in the right.

True

False

X

It is a myth that creative people have sometimes been inspired while sleeping.

True

False

X

Animals can think.

True

False

X

In human beings, both male and female, the development of the brain is complete by the time the individual reaches adulthood.

True

False

X

One rule in brainstorming is that you must not offer a suggestion unless you are certain it is workable.

True

False

X

Albert Einstein believed that for the individual thinker imagination is more important than knowledge.

True

False

X

Knowledge is learned; intelligence is not.

True

False

X

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Commentary

Answer-Smart BrainA B C of GenderMystery of CreativityMyths of CreativityFallacies FallacyHopelessly PartisanNormalization of MediocrityMere LogicShower PowerTyranny of the Right AnswerThingamabobWisdom: Eight Caveats for Young MenYes!Thoughts and Advice on Thinking
and Intelligence

Thomas Ganey

Author Thomas Ganey

Author of the book Discovering Your Intelligence. Master teacher and professor of philosophy, Thomas Ganey advances fresh ideas on mindpower. His insights come not only from research but also from his rich experience as an educator for more than three decades.

thomas@discoveringyourintelligence.com