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Intelligence can be measured

  Il Professor Richard Lynn nel n. 38 della rivista “Intelligence” (2010) ha affermato che gli Italiani del Nord sono più intelligenti degli Italiani del Sud, motivo in grado di spiegare le notevoli differenze in termini di reddito, successo e istruzione. A questo tema e alle discussioni che ne sono scaturite abbiamo dedicato il nostro dibattito.  

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Richard Lynn
Richard Lynn
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Ulster
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Richard Lynn
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Ulster

  There is still no consistant agreement on what counts as IQ or not (i.e. just reasoning abilities, or do spatial abilities count? Or verbal abilities (which are more similar to fact learning rather than adaptable intelligence)).

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Emilio Bizzi
Emilio Bizzi
Institute Professor at MIT
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Emilio Bizzi
Institute Professor at MIT

  I don't believe that intelligence can be acurately measured because all tests and exams etc have a bias of the person who designs the test.

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06/19/2012 14:07:29 pm
Andrea wrote:
Surely, intelligence can't be measured. But stupidity can be.
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06/19/2012 10:26:05 am
Duccio wrote:
prova
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06/17/2012 06:53:09 am
DUCCIO wrote:
Prima di capire se l'intelligenza possa essere effettivamente misurata con strumenti e criteri scientifici occorrerebbe a mio avviso chiarire il concetto stesso di intelligenza.

I quiz matematici permettono infatti più che di misurare l'intelligenza in quanto tale di avere un quadro analitico su alcune "attitudini" di tipo matematico.

Altri lati dell'intelligenza umana che concernono attività artistiche ade esempio, o che coinvolgono la capacità di gestire persone, risorse, situazioni, come possono essere misurate e, soprattutto, hanno titolo e paternità per essere considerate parti del complesso "oggetto" che è l'intelligenza umana?
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06/16/2012 18:13:28 pm
Duccio wrote:
I think intelligence can't be measured

There is still no consistant agreement on what counts as IQ or not (i.e. just reasoning abilities, or do spatial abilities count? Or verbal abilities (which are more similar to fact learning rather than adaptable intelligence)).

There is still no consistant agreement on what counts as IQ or not (i.e. just reasoning abilities, or do spatial abilities count? Or verbal abilities (which are more similar to fact learning rather than adaptable intelligence)).
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06/16/2012 18:13:25 pm
Duccio wrote:
I think intelligence can't be measured

There is still no consistant agreement on what counts as IQ or not (i.e. just reasoning abilities, or do spatial abilities count? Or verbal abilities (which are more similar to fact learning rather than adaptable intelligence)).

There is still no consistant agreement on what counts as IQ or not (i.e. just reasoning abilities, or do spatial abilities count? Or verbal abilities (which are more similar to fact learning rather than adaptable intelligence)).
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Resources

Books
Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen, IQ and the Wealth of Nations, 2002, Praeger/Greenwood
Richard Lynn (1996 and 2011). Dysgenics: Genetic Deterioration in Modern Populations. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-94917-6.
Richard Lynn (2001). Eugenics: A Reassessment. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-95822-1.
Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen, IQ and Global Inequality, 2006

References
^ Psychology Research Institute
^ a b Richard Lynn
^ Call for re-think on eugenics BBCNews Friday, 26 April 2002
^ Gottfredson, Linda (13 December 1994). Mainstream Science on Intelligence. p A18.
^ Intelligence[1] and Personality and Individual Differences[2] publisher's pages.
^ William H. Tucker, The funding of scientific racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund, University of Illinois Press, 2002. Page 214

 

 

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