Some psychologists believe that, while practice is extremely important, there is a component of intellectual ability that helps determine whether someone will be good at something such as playing the piano. Psychologists David Hambrick and Elizabeth Meinz did a study in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science on "working memory capacity." It is a core part of the overall intellectual ability and it can predict success in something like playing an instrument. They measured the sight-reading ability of pianists, which is the ability to successfully play a piece of music they have never seen before. They studied two pianists who had accumulated the same number of practice hours but had different levels of working memory capacity. The pianist with the higher working memory capacity performed better on the sight-reading task.

Why did the author include this selection?

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to introduce the idea that there is a scientific argument about musical talent vs. intensive practicing
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to elaborate on the idea that most people avoid doing things that they don't think they're good at
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to develop the idea that innate talent may have an impact on musical ability
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to defend the idea that dedicated practice is more important than natural musical talent

answer: swag on me

explanation:

bad answer your dumb

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dumb

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

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