Does the fact that we can think in a language help us think more intelligent thoughts? I don't mean because we've been told things. If we knew no language to think in would our thoughs be less intelligent?
short answers please im only 14.
2007-05-10 06:16:38 · 10 answers · asked by Amy..x 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Intelligence isn't just about how we speak it's also about how we hold ourselves and we communicate through actions only. if we couldn't speak then we couldn't be considered less intelligent. Intelligences come in many forms not just through language
2007-05-10 06:57:31 · answer #1 · answered by polly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
essentially everything has a language, if language is a bunch of symbols/gestures/sounds, which it is. the complexity of the language, i would say, doesn't really make intelligence, as something very complex can be a combination of simple things. the speed, accuracy, and amount of words/gestures/sounds remembered makes intelligence. with more of those attributes in a language, one has more to remember. however, it comes down to comparing apples and oranges. to say that our language makes us more intelligent does no justice to the ape who remembers every aspect of his less (or more) complex language.
given the above, language as a symbol being pictures and what not, yes having an internal language allows us to organize our thoughts. but with that definition, language is not restricted to just verbal production. it includes the sensory objects that are taken in by the eyes, ears, skin, etc. so unless someone was completely deprived of all senses then they would have intelligence. as for more intelligence...intelligence is not something tangible or one thing. it's a combination of speed, memory, word recognition, and spatial relation/orientation (how one can turn/place objects in their mind (when thinking about it)).
generally speaking, intelligence is whatever definition one applies. a test then gives the tangible aspect of it which allows for one to say who has less or more. so you can see the problem. if one makes a test that involves some manner of language then, of course those with a better understanding will have more intelligence as deemed so by the test that they took. if they take another test say one physical maneuverability, well you can see the result given a different deviation.
2007-05-10 07:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by Flabbergasted 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intelligence and thoughts are different.You can say an intelligent idea.Even if you donot know language ,till you can take intelligent decisions.Henry Ford had no formal education,he was not able to write fluently.But he became biggest and first car manufaturer.No- intelligence needs no language,if you are intelligent you can hire another person to write or speak for you.
2007-05-10 23:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 05:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) I don`t think we`re more intelligent than anyone or anything because we speak.
2) All sorts of animals and creatures "talk". It so happens we`re not intelligent or modest enough to realise it! In fact even flowers and trees talk!...and stones too, not to mention our Mother Earth! The trouble is we don`t know how to listen!
2007-05-10 11:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by Sue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tend to think that it's all relative. Language allows us to COMMUNICATE our thoughts but that doesn't mean without language we don't experience concepts that someone has named.
I think that language has allowed us, "progress" because once you can write something down you can preserve it, and make it available to many, but I don't think that makes us more intelligent than anything else.
OOh that would be scary!
2007-05-10 06:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by Jeeves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question! :P
i think we would probably be less intelligent because langugae is a way to communicate and through it we develop NEW thoughts. When you SPEAK to someone its a way of shaping your thoughts and developing them, if you didnt have a language you wouldnt be able to do that, you wouldn't be able to analyze your thoughts and there for your thoughts would be limited, which would make u less intelligent.. in my opinion :)
2007-05-10 06:27:41 · answer #7 · answered by gal3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the only priviledge language gives us is to communicate our thoughts, but i think our senses help us to become intelligent. mute people are still intelligent, but they still have the other four senses.
2007-05-10 09:10:17 · answer #8 · answered by marisbonello 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ability to understand language allows us to think and reason. Otherwise our thoughts would be woof, woof! Even worse moo - moo!
2007-05-10 10:46:16 · answer #9 · answered by Mike10613 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mute people have high levels of intelligence, so do apes their brains have been shown to be superior in intellect but they dont have developed vocal cords.
2007-05-10 06:26:20 · answer #10 · answered by ben c 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋