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SPEAKER AFFIRMATIVE
Intelligence Depends On Environmental Factors
Mr. Speaker,
Honorable judges,
Colleagues,
The opposition
And members of this August Hall,
Good morning.
Members of the house:
Intelligene is both b! nature and it
is nurtured.
And if the opposition has an!
problems "ith it, tell them to sta! in
the "omb and ne#er go out to see the
"orld$
As the motion goes:
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Allo" me to define toda!0s motion:
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is an innate, inborn apait! and it
inreases "ith e1perienes. There
are multiple intelligenes that o#er
the apait! to li#e as humans.
Ho"e#er, the use of intelligene
#aries from one person to another.
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be influened b!
'&,I-+&M'&TA( .ACT+-S:
The "orld, the uni#erse, the
surroundings, Mother &ature,
animals, insets, bateria, #iruses
and of ourse human beings,
e#er!thing that supports li#es
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CA*ACIT5.
M! role as the first speaker is to
enlighten !ou on our first point.
+ur seond speaker "ill larif! t"o
more points and finall!, our third
speaker "ill justif! and in#alidate
A(( the &egati#e9s arguments and
reinfore our STA&) on the motion.
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Intelligence Depends On Environmental Factors
+ur :s *oint:
&urture affets Intelligene
Members of the House,
&urture enompasses upbringing8
the
relationships and interations of the
mind
and bod! "ith e#er!thing around.
In the :;<=s, a &e" >ealand6based
politial sientist, ?ames .l!nn,
notied
that intelligene gro"s rapidl! and
predominantl! based on:
:. &umber of !ears in shool
@. Soial group of parental home
A. .ather9s profession
B. .ather9s eonomi status
C. *arental ambition
D. Mother9s eduation
E. A#erage book6reading
<. Self6onfidene
;. 'motional adaptation
Tell us, m! dear opposition, ha#e !ou
not
seen "orld"ide e#idene,
diso#eries and
sientifi researh on ho"
intelligene is
nurtured and b! natureF
Amerian ps!hologist ?ohn 4atson,
best kno"n for his ontro#ersial
e1periments "ith a !oung orphan
named Albert, pro#ed that
intelligene is nurtured. 4atson used
an :: month6old Albert to pro#e that
a person ould be onditioned to be
afraid of something b! "hih he "as
not pre#iousl! affeted. Albert "as
put into a room "ith no other human
and no other distraters present.
4atson plaed a "hite rat in the
room. Albert seemed to like the rat8
he e#en sho"ed affetion to"ards it.
Sometime later, 4atson "ould
produe a #er! loud noise e#er! time
Albert "ould reah out to touh the
rat. As a result, the bab! beame
terrified of e#er! "hite and furr!
objet in "hih he ame in ontat.
The realiGation from learning
nurtures Albert0s reation to the rats.
4atson said: HGi#e me a doGen
health! infants, "ell6formed, and m!
o"n speified "orld to bring them up
in and I9ll guarantee to take an! one
at random and train him to beome
an! t!pe of speialist I might
selet...regardless of his talents,
penhants, tendenies, abilities,
#oations and rae of his anestors.0
M! dear opposition8 "ould !ou
beome Albert0s ompanionF
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Members of the House, allo" me to
gi#e !ou another finding.
Har#ard ps!hologist 3. .. Skinner9s
earl! e1periments produed pigeons
that ould dane, do figure eights,
and pla! tennis. Toda! kno"n as the
father of beha#ioral siene, he
e#entuall! "ent on to pro#e that
human beha#ior ould be
onditioned in muh the same "a! as
animals. In addition, the amount of
nourishment an indi#idual reei#es
has been pro#en to pla! a #er! large
part in a person0s intelligene.
Se#eral reent 2S studies ha#e also
demonstrated impro#ements in
hildren9s II9s b! impro#ing the li#es
of infants in disad#antaged
irumstanes. These studies
emplo!ed random assignment of
hildren and families to treatment
and ontrol onditions. These
studies seleted e1perimental
families "ith lo" parental II, lo"
parental eduation, and minimal
finanial resoures. The e1perimental
group reei#ed enrihed, eduational
da! are outside the home e#er!
"eekda! from A months to start of
shooling. The ontrol group
reei#ed nutritional supplements and
pediatri medial are or risis
inter#ention but no eduational da!
are.
'#en though the hildren returned to
their home en#ironment e#er! da!
and spent holida!s and "eekends
"ith their families Jmostl!
unemplo!ed, single mothersK in
po#ert!6striken neighborhoods,
there "ere large gains in II. This
sho"s that eduation as a part of an
indi#idual0s en#ironment has a huge
effet on that indi#idual0s intelligene
and mental aptitude.
Members of The House,
There is &+ )enial that intelligene
depends on en#ironmental fators.
I belie#e that it is our ontratual
obligation to larif! to !ou all that
nurture affets intelligene.
And as righteous minister of this
August House,
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CA*ACIT5.
Members of the house,
3efore I step do"n, one again:
Intelligene depends on
'n#ironmental .ators.
THA&7 5+2$
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SPEAKER AFFIRMATIVE
Intelligence Depends On Environmental Factors