So, if a study is small about fluctuations in IQ in teenaged kids, then IQ is set at five? All I can find says at least IQ stabilizes at puberty. Saying “experts say” doesn’t mean much. I’ve read a lot about brain development in kids and I have never read that. Also, if you have ever hung out with kids, all things develop in spurts, at d…
So, if a study is small about fluctuations in IQ in teenaged kids, then IQ is set at five? All I can find says at least IQ stabilizes at puberty. Saying “experts say” doesn’t mean much. I’ve read a lot about brain development in kids and I have never read that. Also, if you have ever hung out with kids, all things develop in spurts, at different rates in different kids. There is the whole idea of a “late bloomer” and the notion that precocious kids are not necessarily geniuses for a reason.
So, if a study is small about fluctuations in IQ in teenaged kids, then IQ is set at five? All I can find says at least IQ stabilizes at puberty. Saying “experts say” doesn’t mean much. I’ve read a lot about brain development in kids and I have never read that. Also, if you have ever hung out with kids, all things develop in spurts, at different rates in different kids. There is the whole idea of a “late bloomer” and the notion that precocious kids are not necessarily geniuses for a reason.
I only hung out with kids when I was a kid. I am not all that interested in this subject to continue this conversation.