Unit 42 What Does an Intelligence Test Measure Rely 1

Unit 42 What does an intelligence test measure rely 1

Write an initial substantive response of 80 words in length. Begin your response with a restatement of the question/prompt, and include in-text citation(s) and a reference for each scholarly source used according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide located in the Student Success Center. The restatement of the question/prompt, the references, and the citations are not included in your response word count.

The link below leads to a sample of an intelligence test. Open the site ( and complete the intelligence test. Not only should you see what score and feedback you receive, you should also make observations about the test itself.

Were the concepts of fluid and/or crystallized intelligence demonstrated through the test you took? Why or why not? Provide examples from the test itself in support of your response.

Did the test measure practiced and/or emotional intelligence? If so, how? If not, how did it not measure practiced and/or emotional intelligence? Provide examples from the test in support of your response.

Was the test accurate in measuring intelligence, according to Binet? If so, how? If not, how was it not accurate? Provide examples from the test to support your answer.

How might this test have been culturally biased? Conversely, do you feel that it was fair? Provide examples from the test that support your perspective.

Diquietta Watson

What does an intelligence test measure?

COLLAPSE

As I took the IQ test I was thinking to myself “OMG, I don’t remember the last time I took a test like this”. But as I continued through the test I was doing better. My score was 86.66%, 52/60 correct and my IQ score is 140. I think the IQ test was more about problem solving, it wasn’t emotional intelligence. For example it asked questions like: If you rearrange the letters "BARBIT", you would have the name of a …..? It didn’t include questions about our emotional intelligence to these questions. I don’t think this IQ test was culturally biased but it was fair. I don’t think the IQ test is accurate in measuring intelligence because it doesn’t define how smart you are. The test doesn’t measure the entire problem of the human thought process. Creativity, emotional sensitivity, social understanding, and various acquired skills such as music or art, are excluded from test’s measurements of intelligence.