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>Now, there is a flaw in the point that you can train for tests - if you trained in this task, then the task has no diagnostic meaning for you. But if you genui
by eurleif 15y ago
>Now, there is a flaw in the point that you can train for tests - if you trained in this task, then the task has no diagnostic meaning for you. But if you genuinely start working with more spatial reasoning gear - say you become a mechanic of some sort - you get better at recognising how things fit together spatially.
Has it been tested whether training for the spatial reasoning tasks on an IQ test will make someone better at other spatial reasoning tasks (like being a mechanic)?
- vacri 15y agoThere's been lots of testing, refinement, and correlation for each subtest and what real-world aspects they're meant to represent. The test derives from a number of psych tests and concepts which have been well-researched over the years. I don't know if you could say "would mean you would make a good mechanic" based on that one test because that involves other aspects, not just spatial reasoning, but being a mechanic would mean you (probably) deal with spatial reasoning more often than say a journalist or call-centre worker.