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I took an IQ test recently. It was all finding patterns in shapes. Very different from, say, the SAT. What about this would be culturally biased? The test cou
by ryanmarsh 7y ago
I took an IQ test recently. It was all finding patterns in shapes. Very different from, say, the SAT.
What about this would be culturally biased? The test could literally be administered in any language or even orally to someone who couldn’t read.
- lawlessone 7y agoYou've likely been exposed to tasks such as this or similar before. not everyone has. I don't think these are as unbiased as we like to think they are.
- mutzp 7y agoCreate an IQ test where "2019-smart" people would do well but "1970-smart" people would fail.
- tokai 7y agoI remember reading somewhere that people raised in modern housing and cities could cultivate a better affinity for thinking about geometric shapes. That could give a cultural bias against the global rural south.
- ceejayoz 7y ago> It was all finding patterns in shapes... What about this would be culturally biased? Well, a culture that doesn't stress pattern finding in schooling would be at a disadvantage, for example. You can also practice pattern finding, and get better at it. That indicates it's not a very effective test of intelligence, which you're supposed to just either have or not have. You're testing a learned skill, not raw intelligence.