Psychology in Modules
Psychology in Modules
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781319050610
Author: David G. Myers, C. Nathan DeWall
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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To explain: The reason why writers tend to produce their most creative work later in life, while the scientists often hit their peak much earlier using the crystallized and fluid intelligence.

Concept introduction:  Intelligence in general is defined as the person’s ability to acquire knowledge from experience, problem solving ability, and use of knowledge to adapt and acclimatize to new situations that are encountered. Crystallized intelligence is the accumulated knowledge of the individual that increases with age and is reflected in vocabulary and analogies test. Fluid intelligence is the ability of the individual to perform reasoning fast and with abstract when solving new logic problems.

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Writers have crystallized intelligence and scientists have fluid intelligence. Writers accumulate knowledge and their vocabulary increases with age. Therefore, writers produce more creative work in the later stages of life.  The functioning of neurons is required for reasoning and abstracting a solution for the problem. The function of neurons decreases with age, and it is related to the fluid intelligence. Therefore, the scientists have their peak time during the early stages of life.

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