Johann has an IQ of 104 and Avi has an IQ of 115.Johann has a much higher level of interpersonal intelligence and kinesthetic intelligence than Avi.They are both trying to listen to their psychology lecture at the same time that someone is sitting outside the room playing an iPod loudly.You might expect that Johann will:
A) pay better attention to the lecture than Avi
B) pay worse attention to the lecture than Avi
C) divide his attention between the lecture and music better than Avi
D) divide his attention between the lecture and music worse than Avi

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

IQ is not a strong predictor of how well someone can filter out distractions and pay attention. Johann's higher levels of interpersonal and kinesthetic intelligence are not necessarily relevant to this situation. Therefore, it is not safe to assume that Johann will pay better attention to the lecture than Avi. It is more likely that both individuals will be equally affected by the distracting music, but since Avi has a higher IQ, he might be better able to filter out the music and pay more attention to the lecture.

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