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I'm pretty sure IQ tests aren't supposed to work that way. At least theoretically, they're measuring intelligence, not education.
by edanm 6y ago
I'm pretty sure IQ tests aren't supposed to work that way. At least theoretically, they're measuring intelligence, not education.
- gameswithgo 6y agothat is the goal but at the extremes i imagine it fails. imagine you are a chess prodigy that was homeschooled and never had a sit down exam before. don’t know if hikaru fits the description.
- IggleSniggle 6y ago1) They are a measure of a very specific kind of intelligence: the kind of intelligence required to score high on IQ tests. I score pretty high on IQ tests but I can say without a shadow of a doubt that my intelligence in other areas is, at least as it appears to me, below average. 2) intelligence does have some elasticity. When you think of intelligence has a culmination of pathways/heuristics/low-level-techniques, it’s easy to see how many pathways are self-reinforcing and not easily taught or measured. You can be predisposed to a particular kind of intelligence, and not everything is attainable by everyone, but what we call intelligence is close to what we call talent: seems like an innate quality, but actually reflects long-term hard practice with countless hours dedicated.
- mantap 6y agoIntelligence is a complex interplay of nature and nurture. There is no way to test only the "nature" component, it's akin to unmixing a pot of purple paint to extract the red and blue. A lot of IQ test questions get easier the more mathematics you have studied.
- na85 6y agoIQ tests just measure your ability to complete IQ tests.