IQ test?

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The statement I was disagreeing with was

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<p>Well you could have just said that.

Both IQ tests and SATs reflect a test-taker’s knowledge (in part) and some other attributes of the test-taker (in part).

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<p>Ask any academic and they will tell you the SAT is not an I.Q test. The IQ tests for intellectual capacity, and the scores are consistent no matter your age.</p>

<p>Success in the SAT is an ACQUIRED SKILL. You take someone with a high IQ who’s never been to school, and they’ll most surely fail. </p>

<p>I see why people are trying to further validate their intelligence with whatever bloated SAT score they got, but it’s just false. </p>

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“Most authorities feel that current intelligence tests are more aptly described as ‘scholastic aptitude’ tests because they are so highly related to academic performance, although current use suggests that the term intelligence test is going to be with us for some time. This reservation is based not on the opinion that intelligence tests do not reflect intelligence but on the belief that there are other kinds of intelligence that are not reflected in current tests; the term intelligence is too inclusive.”

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<p>So what? </p>

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<p>That’s why Stanley treated SAT scores as closely comparable to IQ scores for the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, which still continues.

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<p>But that’s why the IQ test is flawed. My debate revolves how the IQ test is not an accurate measure of ones TRUE intelligence. It’s similarities with the SAT has made some people think that high test scores = high intelligence, which is absolutely not TRUE. </p>

<p>Math = intelligence
English = intelligence
Basketball = intelligence</p>

<p>That’s all I’m saying.</p>