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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 very general and do not require specialization/schooling to answer | '''IQ''' or '''intelligence quotient''' is a measure of a person's cognitive ability. IQ is measured with tests that contain cognitive tasks that are very general, common sense and do not require specialization/schooling to answer. It is assumed no training has taken place for the IQ test, but modern IQ tests are also fairly sturdy i.e. resist the training effects by only testing untrainable abilities such as processing speed, bandwidth and logic. | ||
Performance on different IQ tests, as well as school and work performance correlate somewhat (r = ~0.5) which means IQ tests can predict ''general intelligence'', short ''g'', the ability to act intelligently in ''any'' cognitive task, even those which haven't been tested. A task in which people's performance correlates with g to some extent is said to be ''g-loaded''. g is assessed with multiple a battery of multiple tests. It was suggested at least three tests is necessary (short-term memory, reasoning and verbal skills).<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9755929/IQ-tests-do-not-reflect-intelligence.html</ref> | Performance on different IQ tests, as well as school and work performance correlate somewhat (r = ~0.5) which means IQ tests can predict ''general intelligence'', short ''g'', the ability to act intelligently in ''any'' cognitive task, even those which haven't been tested. A task in which people's performance correlates with g to some extent is said to be ''g-loaded''. g is assessed with multiple a battery of multiple tests. It was suggested at least three tests is necessary (short-term memory, reasoning and verbal skills).<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9755929/IQ-tests-do-not-reflect-intelligence.html</ref> | ||