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I.Q testWhy IQ tests don't test intelligence
The task of trying to quantify a person�s intelligence has been a goal
of psychologists since before the beginning of this century. The
Binet-Simon scales were first proposed in 1905 in Paris, France and
various sorts of tests have been evolving ever since. One of the
important questions that always comes up regarding these tools is what
are the tests really measuring? Are they measuring a person�s
intelligence? Their ability to perform well on standardized tests? Or
just some arbitrary quantity of the person�s IQ? When examining the
situations around which these tests are given and the content of the
tests themselves, it becomes apparent that however useful the tests may
be for standardizing a group�s intellectual ability, they are not a good
indicator of intelligence.
To issue a truly standardized test, the testing environment should be
the same for everyone involved. If anything has...
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