Compose a 1500 words essay on Flynn Effect Theory about IQ and Intellegence. Needs to be plagiarism free!Download file to see previous pages... Per generation, the average IQ test scores increase by 1

Compose a 1500 words essay on Flynn Effect Theory about IQ and Intellegence. Needs to be plagiarism free!

Per generation, the average IQ test scores increase by 10 points” (The Flynn effect).The above theory is labeled as Flynn effect. Flynn’s theory argued that the current generation is lot smarter than the ancient generation because of the development of education, technology, better food or nutrition etc. Flynn postulated that the current generation has better facilities and infrastructure than the past generation which helped them to grow their intelligence. However, there are many scholars who questioned Flynn’s theory or effect. “Studies in Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom have shown that the Flynn effect has not only ended, but that there is actually a decrease in the average IQ scores. Convincing explanations for this reversal have not been found yet” (The Flynn effect). In short, Flynn effect is a controversial topic at present. This paper argues against the Flynn effect theory. Discussion “The Flynn Effect has been one of the most powerful refutations to those who think that intelligence is ‘innate’ or ‘genetically determined” (Downey). It is already proved by psychologists that heredity and environment are the major factors which affect the physical and psychological development of people. In other words, in most of the cases, the children of intelligent people may become intelligent even though some exceptions are there. This happens through gene transfer from parents to the children. Flynn effect rejects the involvement of genetics in intelligence building. It argues that intelligence is the product of environment and genetics has no role at all in intelligence building. The above claim seems to be illogical since we know that it is difficult for the children of idiots or morons to become extremely intelligent even if they were brought up in healthy environment. Of course, environment plays an important role in the growth of intelligence. however, the influence of heredity in the development of intelligence cannot be neglected. In other words, Flynn’s arguments seem to be illogical. Advocates of Flynn effect argue that Flynn effect has ended in developed countries. In their opinion, the measurement of IQ has started during the middle part of the twentieth century and since then the IQ level of the people grown significantly till 1990’s and then started to decline or remain stationary. If the above argument is correct, the gap in IQ scores of people in developed and underdeveloped countries should come down. However, such reduction is not observed anywhere which means that the concept of Flynn effect is illogical and unacceptable. It should be noted that people from underdeveloped countries are immigrating to the developed countries which means that the Flynn effect should be observed at least among the minorities or immigrant communities in developed countries. Such people are getting better education, nutrition and infrastructure facilities in their target country or developed country and their IQ levels should be increased gradually if the postulates of Flynn effect are correct. However, such increase in IQ level is not visible among the immigrant communities in developed countries.