Intelligence in Age and Culture Post 1

What I found very interesting in this chapter is the intelligence section of age and culture and how intelligence is intertwined in the two. This section can be found on page 588 at the bottom of the page in our textbook.  I liked to learn about the difference in culture, and what creative intelligence means in some aspects of culture. In one part of this section it states that in some social aspects or in the arts, creativity is a better predicator of accomplishment than traditional measures (Berger, 2011). However in other cultures creativity can be out of touch, scorned, ignored and even killed (Berger, 2011).  A lot of contributors of good art were not recognized until there death. I found that interesting because I know just from some movies and documentaries I have seen some poor people were very creative and it always infuriated me how much their art was worth after they died. It always made me a little sad because of the money they could have made at the time if someone just recognized them. Next, something I also found interesting is defining practical knowledge in adult life from what they need, do not need and use in their minds. I found it interesting that few adults need to define obscure words (analytical), a few need to write papers, invent a new gadget (creative) (Berger, 2011). When it comes to adult minds they all however need to solve real world challenges such as keeping up with their home, finances, emotional needs for their family members etc. (Blanchard, 2007). I found it interesting that in some cultures creativity is a blessing and in others it is scorned and not looked upon its worth until the contributor has died. I also found it interesting that many have different lives and ranges of intelligence due to their profession. However, they have one thing in common and that is solving real world problems. I think this section was very interesting because I got to learn some background of creative intelligence and adult intelligence as well.