Human Intelligence and Medical Illness

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As critics will note, psychometric tests are deeply flawed. Person-to-person differences in performance on a psychometric test are not informative about many things of great interest. An intelligence quotient (IQ) cannot characterize creativity or wisdom or artistic ability or other forms of specialized knowledge. An IQ test is simply an effort to assess an aptitude for success in the modern world, and individual scores do a mediocre job of predicting individual successes. In the early days of psychology, tests of intelligence were cobbled together with little thought as to validity; instead, the socially powerful sought to validate their power and the prominent to rationalize their success. In recent years, we have obviated many of the objections to IQ that were so forcefully noted by Stephen Jay Gould in The Mismeasure of Man. Nevertheless, IQ tests are still flawed and those flaws are hereby acknowledged in principle. Yet, in the analysis that follows, individual IQ test scores are not used; rather, average IQ scores are employed. In many cases – though not all – an average IQ is calculated from a truly enormous sample of people. The most common circumstance for such large-scale IQ testing is an effort to systematically sample all men of a certain age, to assess their suitability for service in the military. Yet, it is useful and prudent to retain some degree of skepticism about the ability of IQ tests to measure individual aptitudes.

Human Intelligence and Medical Illness

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Book Name: Human Intelligence and Medical Illness

Writer:R. Grant Steen

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As pundits will note, psychometric tests are profoundly imperfect. Individual to-individual contrasts

in execution on a psychometric test are not enlightening about numerous things of

extraordinary intrigue. An (IQ) can’t portray imagination or astuteness or creative capacity or different types of specific information. An IQ test is just

a push to survey an inclination for achievement in the advanced world, and person

scores make an unremarkable showing of anticipating singular victories.

In the beginning of brain research, trial of insight were cobbled along with

little idea as to legitimacy; rather, the socially amazing looked to approve their

power and the noticeable to excuse their prosperity. Lately, we have hindered huge numbers of the issues with IQ that were so strongly noted by Stephen Jay

Gould in The Mismeasure of Man. All things considered, IQ tests are as yet defective and those

defects are thusly recognized on a basic level.

However, in the examination that follows, singular IQ test scores are not utilized; rather,

normal IQ scores are utilized. Much of the time – however not all – a normal IQ is

determined from a genuinely colossal example of individuals. The most well-known situation for such enormous scope IQ testing is a push to efficiently test all men

of a particular age, to evaluate their appropriateness for administration in the military. However, it is helpful

also, reasonable to hold some level of doubt about the capacity of IQ tests to

measure singular aptitudes.

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