A Fair Iq

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...fill in the bubble which indicates his or her answer? How many times will a promising student be labeled as deficient intellectually because of a test scoring that indicates this specification? It can be said that the evolution of many things has taken place over the last fifty years, but that intelligence tests have not. Studies have shown that IQ scores can be changed by training, nutrition, or simply by having more friendly people administer the test(National Center, 2002). In reality, IQ tests are nothing more than a type of achievement test which primarily measures knowledge of standard English and exposure to the cultural experiences of middle class whites(National Center, 2002).
For years philosophers have tried to come to grips with the concept of intelligence. In 1986, Sternberg wrote that intelligence is "flexibility of thought and abstract reasoning". Later, a handful of psychologists divided it into three primary factors: academic intelligence; social intelligence and practical intelligence. This three-prong approach may explain...

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