No Fixed Stars: Thoughts on I.Q. Testing
by Matthew Koslowski on February 3, 2010
in Essays
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| Alfred Binet, Wikipedia |
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I have always been aware of ideas of intelligence and, therefore, ideas of Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.).
Unless you count a silly Internet test I took in college, I have never taken an I.Q. test. Often I have wondered what my I.Q. was, assuming as I did that I.Q. was a valid measure of intelligence. Since I did well in my scholastic subjects, I thought I would score high on an I.Q. test and I wanted in my insecurity about my own talents an objective verification of what I wanted to believe about myself but doubted.
When I moved to Ohio for college, I learned from friends that administering I.Q. tests is routine procedure in Ohio. I felt cheated then that Massachusetts did not do the same.
Now, however, having read more about the history of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, I am thankful not to have had my I.Q. measured in this way.
