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Originally Posted by NeedSpace
In the spirit or transparency though, the faster you complete most IQ tests, the better you do,
In the 60s there were unfair references that caused culture biases .
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I remember our Guidance Counsellor in high school in '71 telling us about the elimination of cultural references to eliminate that kind of skew.
I also can attest to the time factor affecting the results.
On the day we took our tests I realized as we were filing into the room that I really should have headed to the bathroom before coming to class. I thought we would have a regular class and I would take care of that in 40 minutes. No big problem.
Wrong. It was announced we would be doing our IQ tests over the next two hours.
I realized my only option was to race through the tests, so with bladder near bursting, that's what I did. My reading comprehension was good and basic mathematical relationships make sense to me and, I must admit, my attention was focussed.
40 minutes later, I asked again to be excused and was told I could not leave unless I had completed the two hour test. I remember the look on Mr. S's face when I handed him the test. He marked the time on it and I left.
A few weeks later, he advised me of the score. It was good for a laugh, but I don't think I really merited a mark that high. It was just the fact I cared more about getting out of that room than I did about 'doing well'
Best
Les