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'''IQ''' or '''intelligence quotient''' is a measure of a person's cognitive ability. IQ is measured with tests that contain cognitive tasks that are chosen to be as unrelated to culture and prior experience as possible. | '''IQ''' or '''intelligence quotient''' is a measure of a person's cognitive ability. IQ is measured with tests that contain cognitive tasks that are chosen to be as unrelated to culture and prior experience as possible. | ||
It turns out that performance on different IQ tests correlates somewhat (r = ~0.5) which means each human has a certain amount of ''general intelligence'' that largely determines their ability to act intelligently in ''all'' cognitive | It turns out that performance on different IQ tests correlates somewhat (r = ~0.5) which means each human has a certain amount of ''general intelligence'' that largely determines their ability to act intelligently in ''all'' cognitive tasks. | ||
Abilities that are relevant for all cognitive tasks are for example to quickly learn, store, and process a maximal amount of information and quickly run through different hypotheses without losing track of things. | Abilities that are relevant for all cognitive tasks are for example to quickly learn, store, and process a maximal amount of information and quickly run through different hypotheses without losing track of things. | ||