<p>Kids with high IQs gravitate towards all kinds of majors, anyway. I'd imagine a lot go to math b/c if they're good at it, that's where the money is. But a person with a high IQ might just as easily want to do an English major...or major in music...or even poli sci or international relations...there is no "high IQ" major O.-. An English major involves all kinds of critical thinking, amazing writing skills, etc...same goes for creative writing...so much skill goes into that. If you want to do poli sci/international relations and become the president or solve economic crises or world hunger or whatever, obviously you gotta be hella smart to do that, too. And of course a different set of skills goes into engineering. So we see that great feats require a high IQ...and great feats can be done by writing the next great novel, by being an economic analyst, by solving social problems, by being an engineer...whatevs.</p>
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"High IQ", meaning intelligence? The problem is what is intelligence?</p>
<p>I don't know if people are good at math and are mathematics major because they have practiced and worked hard for so long or if it's something they are born with.</p>
<p>Nature vs. Nurture.</p>
<p>If I'm following you correctly on this, you should look up the research of K. Anders Ericcson.
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<p>Im talking about global intelligence " g factor" as proposed by Charles Spearman. And about nature vs nurture, it has been proven in studies that nature approaches ~80% of intelligence as one reaches adulthood. Once your an adult, higher iq people tend to seek out intellectually stimulating environments. It is known sibling iqs are closes at an early age when parental influence is shaping their environments. But once they seek out on their own it diverges. Also, Im talking about people grown up with proper nutrition such as your typical middle class americans. Not starving people in Africa. There are always extreme cases. </p>
<p>I don't understand, why is this such a difficult concept to believe. People(more women than men) want to believe all of society is equal and social programs can solve all the inequality in the world. </p>
<p>Anyways back to the topic. I don't want the topic to diverge. </p>
<p>What majors are difficult intellectully?</p>
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Kids with high IQs gravitate towards all kinds of majors, anyway. I'd imagine a lot go to math b/c if they're good at it, that's where the money is. But a person with a high IQ might just as easily want to do an English major...or major in music...or even poli sci or international relations...there is no "high IQ" major O.-. An English major involves all kinds of critical thinking, amazing writing skills, etc...same goes for creative writing...so much skill goes into that. If you want to do poli sci/international relations and become the president or solve economic crises or world hunger or whatever, obviously you gotta be hella smart to do that, too. And of course a different set of skills goes into engineering. So we see that great feats require a high IQ...and great feats can be done by writing the next great novel, by being an economic analyst, by solving social problems, by being an engineer...whatevs.
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<p>I agree but statistically you can find some majors with higher "proportion" of higher iq individuals.</p>
<p>Entertainment business is offered at Oklahoma City University (<a href="http://www.okcu.edu%5B/url%5D">www.okcu.edu</a>) in the Ann Lacy school of Dance and Arts Management. It's a BS with a focus on the business side of performing arts. </p>
<p>And acting is not an easy major. We have to do tons of analysis, and it's not based on something all that tangible. Everyone sees something different while reading a play. Plus, you have to take other classes besides just acting, like voice, dance, and tech classes of various sorts. It's fun, but pretty time-consuming, and I really dislike all the analysis.</p>
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Im talking about global intelligence " g factor" as proposed by Charles Spearman. And about nature vs nurture, it has been proven in studies that nature approaches ~80% of intelligence as one reaches adulthood. Once your an adult, higher iq people tend to seek out intellectually stimulating environments. It is known sibling iqs are closes at an early age when parental influence is shaping their environments. But once they seek out on their own it diverges.
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<p>Thanks for teaching me Psychology 101 all over again, unfortunately, I am now in Cognitive Psychology (with the same prof who is a cognitive psychologist) so I already know this information. :) Also, what study are you referring to that claims 80% of intelligence is based on nature prior to adulthood? That's something I want my cog psych professor to confirm, since I find that a little iffy. </p>
<p>K. Anders Ericcson says otherwise in this article
<a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391794/index.htm?postversion=2006101915%5B/url%5D">http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391794/index.htm?postversion=2006101915</a></p>
<p>But, I don't want to stray from your original topic. I'd love to discuss this with you in another thread.</p>
<p>Dude, it's not that people want to believe PEOPLE are equal. What's equal are various intellectual pursuits: English, math, etc. I would say to graduate with an A average as an engineering major requires more intellect than to graduate with an A average as a drama major (drama requires skill, yes, but a different kind than pure intellect). But the bottom line is that a grade is not the measure of the intellect a pursuit requires. Suppose you wanted to major in drama to become a great playwrite, not just to get an A? Although you can discount some majors as not requiring intellect as the primary skill, you can't narrow down the list to the five "smartest" majors, especially since within a major, there are many concentrations and paths one can take, some of which are more intellectual than others. Think of all the great men and women in history: they are inventors, writers, musicians...all probably have high IQs, and the range of majors that would serve as the fundamental building blocks to their higher pursuits would be broad.</p>
<p>I don't know that it's true that people with higher intellect will gravitate towards certain majors. Go to Yale, or to Harvard, and I wonder if the smartest people are engineers...I have a feeling they aren't. An English major can be just as challenging as an engineering one, depending on what your professor, your curriculum, and you make of it. Of course, at a state school, for some reason humanities programs are often weak, and you will find the smartest people in the engineering classes. But this is no reflection on the major. Just on the circumstance. If the overall trend /was/ towards engineering/math/science fields (which I doubt), even in schools where the playing field is "level" so to speak, as at Harvard, etc...my guess would be that that is because that is where the money is, not because that's where the challenge is. I can't say I think Galileo had a higher IQ than Sohpocles or Plato.</p>
<p>in general, for everyone, it is harder to study in science/engineering than humanities. Why? EVERYONE who works hard can be successful in humanities because say in history, you read, analyze, and write essays. If you work hard, you will not have problems. </p>
<p>Whereas in math, or physical sciences, even if you work hard, you won't be able to do well. THere are people who spend days and night in the lab and couldn't figure out what to do, you have to be a little gifted or well prepared in high school.</p>
<p>There are different ways you can twist in an essay to make your opinion right. However some problems (for example math) only have 1 solution. In other words, you have to be precise and correct to get it right.</p>