You hear about the IQs of famous people, but how is intelligence measured, and how do you stack up?
你知道一些名人的智商,不過智力要怎麼測量,而你和別人比起來表現如何呢?
First, we're going to look at your emotional intelligence. One of the most common tests involves identifying emotions in people's faces. For example, what is this expression? Do you think it's embarrassment, sadness, amusement, or shame? If you guessed embarrassment, you're correct. This test is used to help measure your ability to empathize and communicate effectively with others.
首先,我們要來看看你的情緒智力。其中一個最常見的測驗包含辨識人臉情緒。好比說,這是什麼表情?你覺得這是尷尬、哀傷、開心還是羞愧?如果你猜尷尬,那你答對了。這項測驗是用來協助評量你發揮同理心和有效與他人溝通的能力。
So, let's look at a more ubiquitous test for intelligence: the IQ test, also known as the intelligence quotient. It's a standardized test that assesses both verbal and nonverbal abilities.
那麼,讓我們來看一個更普遍的智力測驗:智商測驗,智商又稱作智力商數。這是個評估語言及非語言能力的標準化測驗。
Study this geometrical pattern sequence right now. Now, of these six tiles below, which tile would you choose to complete the pattern? I'll give you a couple seconds, but pause the video if you need more time. If you picked number five, you're correct. Basically, each row has a diamond, a square, and a triangle as well as a solid bar, a lined bar, and an empty bar. Since this bottom row has a triangle and a diamond, we know the next one's a square, and it also has a lined and an empty bar, so we know we need a solid bar. The direction of the bar is also the same in each line.
現在研究一下這幅幾何圖列。下方這六塊瓦片中,你會選哪一塊來完成這幅圖?我給你幾秒鐘思考,不過如果你需要更多時間,就將影片暫停。如果你選擇五號,你答對了。基本上,每一排都有一個菱形、一個方形和一個三角形,還有一條實心線條、一條直紋線條和一條空心線條。既然最底下這一排有三角形和菱形,我們就知道下一個是方形,這排還有一條直紋線條和空心線條,所以我們知道我們需要一條實心線條。每一排的線條還是同個方向。
Though IQ tests are common, other ways to test if you're smart do exist. There's now a prominent theory of multiple intelligences, such as musical rhythmic intelligence.
雖然智商測驗很常見,也是有其它測你聰不聰明的方式。現在有種很著名的多元智能理論,像是音樂韻律智能。
Let's test your pitch. Which of these songs sounds off to you? Song one? Song two? Or song three? If you guessed clip three, you have a good sense of pitch. Though not fully understood, you could be tone-deaf and still have perfect hearing, but how your brain interprets the sound may make it difficult to interpret pitch.
來測一下你的音準。你覺得這些歌中的哪一首聽起來怪怪的?是第一首?第二首?還是第三首?如果你猜第三段音樂,那你的音感不錯。雖然未被充分理解,不過你可以又是個音癡又仍有出色的聽力,但你的大腦理解聲音的方式可能讓它很難理解音準。
Now, what about your visual intelligence? I'm gonna show you a picture of these six shapes for 10 seconds. Try to remember them as best as you can. Okay. Now, which of these three did you already see? If you guessed C, you're correct. This task needed to use ziggerins, novel objects that don't exist in real life, in order to accurately test you. If you're good at the ziggerin task, you may have higher visual intelligence, which is not the same as IQ. But it could mean that you'll excel at tasks like matching fingerprints, interpreting medical X-rays, or keeping track of aircraft on radar displays.
那麼你的視覺智能呢?我要給你看十秒這六個圖形的圖片。試著盡量記住它們。好。現在,你看過這三個圖形之中的哪一個?如果你猜 C,你就對了。這項任務需要用到 ziggerin,也就是不存在真實生活中的新物體,以準確地測試你。如果你對這種 ziggerin 任務很在行,你或許擁有較高的視覺智能,那和智商並不相同。不過這可能表示你會很擅長一些工作,像是比對指紋、分析醫學 X 光影像,或是監控雷達顯示器上的飛機行蹤。
Now, not all intelligences can be measured. For example, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, the capacity to handle objects skillfully, is difficult to tease apart. A study of four-year-olds at a ballet class couldn't assess rhythm effectively, because some had already taken classes before or danced at home, creating predisposed knowledge. As well, many tests require a combination of many types of intelligences, so it's hard to study just one. What all this research underscores is that there are so many ways to be smart, and it's not just about taking an IQ test.
並非所有智能都可以被測量。舉例來說,肢體動覺智能,能熟練操縱物體的能力,就很難分析。研究四歲孩童在芭蕾舞課的表現無法有效評估韻律能力,因為有些小孩以前上過課了,或是在家有跳過,讓他們預先就對芭蕾有認識。此外,許多測驗都需要多種智能的結合,因此很難只研究一種。這項調查的重點在於,聰明有很多種,不光只是和考智商測驗有關。
We hope you enjoyed those tests. Some of them were hard—trust me. We thought they were hard, too. It's okay. And we're gonna put other test videos over there so you can just go and keep that mind firing.
希望你們喜歡那些測驗。那其中有一些很難--相信我。我們也覺得它們不容易。沒關係的。然後我們放了其它部小測驗影片在那,這樣你就可以進去然後繼續燒腦囉。