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The Role Of Intelligence As Well As Theories On Academic Success

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Education is a major influence in the way it shapes our community and culture, that’s why I chose chapter seven in the textbook, ‘Discovering Psychology’. It’s related to this chapter because this chapter discusses the nature of intelligence as well as theories on what determines how intelligent an individual can be. This reflects my hypothesis because chapter seven discusses motivation, which may play a leading role in why people hang out in certain groups. If one is motivated to be intelligent (based on academic success) because they see the effects it has on their group members, they may wish to work harder and strive in their own academics; thus leading to higher grades and a future in a college or job that admires good work ethic. This research experiment is very important because it can shape the habits of future scholars. Which is what will show if my hypothesis proves to be right.

Students are greatly influenced by environmental factors and what surrounds them, which has already been researched in a study in Qatar. The research was conducted on six-hundred and ninety-nine students selected from a various thirty-five elementary schools. The students had been classified as “school failures” and had to repeat the year of failed schooling (Kamal and Bener, 2009). The result from this study showed that psychological problems such anxiety, Testophobia (fear of exams), learning disabilities and also health factors such as visual disorders, asthma, anemia and hearing

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