Assessing the reliability of IQ tests brings a lot of questions. Sometimes it seems that a person could be trained to beat IQ tests. IQ scores can be highly predictive on a number of important variables. It includes academic variables , but also variables such as job performance, career satisfaction, mental and physical health, and salary. But it also seems that an IQ test is only testing the candidate 's skills on those given problems which are subjective and do not apply to real-life problems. It looks like IQ tests make intelligence a static state when it is actually dynamic and person 's effectiveness depends on the subject (Bartholomew, 2004, p. 143-152). For more than a hundred years IQ has been used to measure how clever people are.
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They can be helpful in establishing person’s abilities in logical thinking and reasoning. There are questions about importance and reliability of IQ tests, and what exactly they measure. Typically IQ tests only measure verbal and mathematical skills. There is no doubt that IQ does not measure determination, patience and the desire to succeed. For a child that is growing up, these qualities are more important than mere intelligence. IQ tests are intended to measure how smart a person is, but many experts are sceptical of the examinations, although understanding how smart a child is can potentially help teachers and parents improve the child 's …show more content…
Parents want their children to receive the best possible education, and schools are under pressure to make sure that students pass standardised tests.
But despite the improvement of IQ scoring systems, the tests still provide limited sight of intelligence. Some critics argue that IQ tests do not actually measure anything except how good a person is at taking an IQ test. (Howe, 1997, p. 141-144) There are a lot of positive and negative aspects of IQ tests. They are great to measure person’s logical thinking, mathematical and linguistic skills. Although they do not have a lot of use in measuring intelligence if the issue of multiple intelligences is taken into consideration. IQ test could be a great use as a part of measuring human intelligence but they are not able to do that on its own. They should not be labelled as tests measuring the complete human intelligence but more as measuring some aspects of
They can be helpful in establishing person’s abilities in logical thinking and reasoning. There are questions about importance and reliability of IQ tests, and what exactly they measure. Typically IQ tests only measure verbal and mathematical skills. There is no doubt that IQ does not measure determination, patience and the desire to succeed. For a child that is growing up, these qualities are more important than mere intelligence. IQ tests are intended to measure how smart a person is, but many experts are sceptical of the examinations, although understanding how smart a child is can potentially help teachers and parents improve the child 's …show more content…
Parents want their children to receive the best possible education, and schools are under pressure to make sure that students pass standardised tests.
But despite the improvement of IQ scoring systems, the tests still provide limited sight of intelligence. Some critics argue that IQ tests do not actually measure anything except how good a person is at taking an IQ test. (Howe, 1997, p. 141-144) There are a lot of positive and negative aspects of IQ tests. They are great to measure person’s logical thinking, mathematical and linguistic skills. Although they do not have a lot of use in measuring intelligence if the issue of multiple intelligences is taken into consideration. IQ test could be a great use as a part of measuring human intelligence but they are not able to do that on its own. They should not be labelled as tests measuring the complete human intelligence but more as measuring some aspects of