Post 2 expertise and age

I found another section in this chapter which describes expertise and age. This could be found in our textbook on page 598. I found this very interesting because I know a lot of people including myself thinks that intelligence is greater when you are older. However, I learned that the essential requirements for expertise is time (Berger, 2011). I found it interesting that not everyone becomes an expert as they grow older, but how people need to grasp the hold of time and the more they are trained and practicing the more expertise they will gain. I found it interesting that I think parents and older people know everything dealing with your health, your life and your career, but I learned that's not necissarily true. "People who are experts in a specific field are often quite inexpert in others (Berger, 2011)." This really stuck out to me because I know a lot of people think their parents know everything because they lived in different times and have experience but just because they have experience doesn't mean they are an expert at what they are teaching you. I also found it interesting in this section that expertise sometimes overcomes the effects of age. I really found this interesting because I always thought grown ups have a sort of one up of everyone due to their experience but that does not constitute their intelligence. I thought this was also funny because my dad is the type of man to think that he's an expert on everything. After reading this chapter I can happily say that he is not an expert in everything he thinks he is! Overall this chapter was very interesting learning about the history, the present and the future of our intelligence and why the range can be so different. I learned a lot that I never knew about culture, schooling and how IQ tests even started. This makes me see the problems with intelligence and testing and why it may effect our future and present day. This also described and helped me learn why intelligence may be valued, shut down , and viewed differently. Overall , great chapter.