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I don’t think I am misremembering and I don’t think I was part of a study. This would have been around 1980, so the test was probably the WISC-R, which was pub
by sethg 16y ago
I don’t think I am misremembering and I don’t think I was part of a study. This would have been around 1980, so the test was probably the WISC-R, which was published in 1974; maybe they got better about eliminating loaded questions in the WISC-III (which wasn’t published until 1991).
When I Google “who discovered america? wisc-r” I get several hits mentioning this test question.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoUpon further googling, you seem to be correct. Apparently the people designing WISC-R never bothered to read up on the theory of intelligence. This isn't even a new idea - it dates back to the original Spearman paper from 1904. Start reading on page 65. http://www.similima.com/books/psychologybooks/psych7.pdf http://www.similima.com/books/psychologybooks/psych7.pdf
- jbooth 16y agoNot to mention that the answer which gives you more points of IQ, hence meaning you're "smarter", isn't even correct. You can start with the native americans, go through to the vikings, and I read a book recently that made a very convincing case that the Chinese sailed to South America in 1421-1423 before they shut themselves off from the world for 400 years.