SOCIAL: THE PROBLEM WITH IQ TESTS

The IQ test is a test administered to people to determine their intelligence. Those who score high are considered to be intelligent. The problem here is that this intelligence is only measured against the expectations of society. This results in people that are intelligent out of a pool of people within that society. I mean, the IQ test is a test to determine how someone stacks up to what the institution deems is, “smart.” They may be missing or not looking at those people whom are intelligent through their personal experience. This type of intelligence can be tested by plotting a person’s history and basing questions around their experience. This type of testing can determine those whom are intelligently specialized to their chosen task/ (s). The IQ test questions come from society and it is not necessarily the case that someone who scores a high IQ equals success. What determines success is adaptability to one’s personal trials and tribulations. Therefore, success is highly subjective, in that it is up to the person and their conquering of their personal conflicts that would determine their personal aptitude when in relation to their own battles. Just because someone scores a high IQ it doesn’t mean that they have mastered their own personal conflicts. It only means that their thinking processes are above the expectation of society. The mastery of ones own personal conflicts is the real intelligence that is not looked at in our society. It is this intelligence that would evidently lead a person to experience their subjective success.