Thursday, April 28, 2011

IQ

According to this article, IQ tests measure not just innate intelligence but also motivation--to which I say, Duh! But, if someone isn't motivated to do well, they're probably not going to! In that regard, the IQ tests are still predictive.

2 comments:

Carol said...

It seems like it's always the mediocre ones who tell you, I didn't do well because I just didn't care, didn't like the subject, didn't know how it would help me in *real life* etcetera. I always thought, how narrow minded to dismiss whole fields of knowledge in such a self-serving way.

I think low IQ people tend to make excuses a lot.

allen (in Michigan) said...

Is there a definition of whatever quantity or quality an IQ test is supposed to measure? I poked around a couple of times looking for a foundation upon which the IQ test is built and about all I could find was "'cause I say so".

Given when the test was initially developed I've concluded IQ tests are more of a response to a demand then the outcome of a successful theory.

More simply, they're B.S.