Today’s TestsCollege Admissions TestsIntelligence ExtremesIntellectual DisabilityPowerPoint PresentationSlide 6Schooling and IQPoverty and IQFlynn EffectToday’s TestsToday’s Tests•Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)•Culture-Fair IQ Tests-- Previous IQ tests had a heavy reliance on language-- Consists of abstract-reasoning items that do not depend on language-- Raven’s Progressive MatricesCollege Admissions College Admissions TestsTests•SAT & ACT•Designed to test overall competence in a specific domain or to predict academic success•Positive correlation with freshman GPA•Are they biased?Intelligence ExtremesIntelligence Extremes•IQs between 70 and 130•Mental Retardation or Intellectual Disability1. Onset prior to adulthood2. IQ below 703. Inadequate adaptive functioningIntellectual DisabilityIntellectual Disability•The more severe the mental retardation, the less likely it is to run in families•200 different causes of mental retardations•Societal attitudes toward individuals with mental retardation have improved dramaticallyIntelligence Intelligence ExtremesExtremesGiftedness-- IQ above 130-- Terman’s Study•Gifted children more likely to achieve successToo cool not to show...SavantsSavantsSavants-- Limited intellectual functioning-- Tremendous gifts in specific areaSchooling and IQSchooling and IQ1. Pairs of children studies2. Children’s IQs and summer vacations3. Dropping out of schoolPoverty and IQPoverty and IQ•Social and economic deprivation can adversely affect IQ•IQ and diet•IQ and leadFlynn EffectFlynn Effect•Finding that average IQ scores have been rising at a rate of approximately three points per decade1. Increased test sophistication2. Increased complexity of the modern world3. Better nutrition4. Changes at home and
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