RE: Estimation of Intelligence
May 6, 2013 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2013 at 11:51 am by A_Nony_Mouse.)
(May 5, 2013 at 10:26 pm)cato123 Wrote:(May 5, 2013 at 10:16 pm)A_Nony_Mouse Wrote: That which is measured by an IQ test.
No, an IQ test measures the intelligence quotient of an individual. IQ is a 20th century invention. The word and meaning of intelligence predates IQ by about 500 years.
So, it's rather ridiculous to claim the definition of intelligence is 'that which is measured by an IQ test'.
Are you suggesting protons and electrons did not exist until recently?
Or are you suggesting the world records in sports are not those measured?
(May 5, 2013 at 10:53 pm)catfish Wrote: "That which is measured by an IQ test" is actually how stupid a person is... Just sayin...
One must live in an odd sort of place where where the village idiot scores higher than the village wise man.
It is a thing we can observe in people. It is a characteristic of their personalities. The idea of trying to measure it was in fact a 20th c. idea but was a subset of the idea of trying to measure the intangibles, the stick a number to everything idea.
Thus it is as reasonable to measure the reflexes of people and scale them as the speed of response as it is to measure the speed with which people solve problems. As problem solving is the most common type of IQ test you can declare IQ test is the rate at which problems can be solved. However as there are other types of IQ tests that is not a generally correct answer.
