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How does the Flynn Effect enter into this? [1] Because it seems unlikely that we're getting both dumber and smarter at the same time. [1] http://en.wikipedia.o
by chiph 12y ago
How does the Flynn Effect enter into this? [1]
Because it seems unlikely that we're getting both dumber and smarter at the same time.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
- wtallis 12y agoThe Flynn Effect is about scores on IQ tests, which ask very different questions than things like the SAT. Additionally, the Flynn effect seems to have been weakening and perhaps even reversing in recent decades.
- stonemetal 12y agoFrom your own link it doesn't seem to enter into it much if at all. Not only has it had the least effect on school subjects but some of the increase has been shown to be because of improved test taking skills rather than actual intelligence improvements. >There is debate about whether the rise in IQ scores also corresponds to a rise in general intelligence, or only a rise in special skills related to taking IQ tests. Because children attend school longer now and have become much more familiar with the testing of school-related material, one might expect the greatest gains to occur on such school content-related tests as vocabulary, arithmetic or general information. Just the opposite is the case: abilities such as these have experienced relatively small gains and even occasional decreases over the years. >Researchers have shown that the IQ gains described by the Flynn effect are due in part to increasing intelligence, and in part to increases in test-specific skills.
- novalis78 12y agoWe can get smarter and dumber at the same time: By thinking that we are getting smarter, when in fact we are actually getting dumber.