IQ tests are valid measurements of human intelligence that were invented by Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon to differentiate students needing special help. They measure a person's ability to understand ideas and theories rather than knowledge. While IQ tests have been used for centuries to categorize students and predict performance, they also have limitations as intelligence is multi-dimensional and test results can depend on experiences. Emotions and social issues may affect a test score on a given day but do not interfere with the underlying ability to comprehend.

1. IQ Tests are valid
measurements of human
intelligence

2. What is IQ testing?
Intelligence Quotient testing is the Measure of a person’s
“Intelligence”
● Set of standardized question in number of subjects:
 Mathematics
 Language
 Reasoning such as drawings and
shapes
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3. Discovered by
● Dr. Alfred Binet a French psychologist & his student
Theodore Simon invented the first practical intelligence test.
● The Binet - Simon scale
 Differentiate students who needed special help school
course
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4. Why are IQ Tests valid ?
● IQ tests do not measure the quantity of someone's knowledge
● They measures a person's ability to understand ideas and
theories
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5. What is intelligence and
how is it measured?
● Intelligence is the ability to comprehend, to understand
and profit from the experience
● The IQ test uses the equation below to come up with a
score
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6. Knowledge vs Intelligence
● Intelligence is the ability to comprehend and understand
ideas IQ test measures intelligence not knowledge
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7. IQ TEST with Example
According to psrg.education.wise.edu,”IQ test measure , in general
what an individual has learned thus far and not what they are
capable of doing
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8. IQ TEST with Example
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The rectangular card pictured above has a black dot on one side & the
other side is blank , which of the figures below could be obtained by
rotating the card
(i) (ii) (iii)
A. (i)
B. (ii)
C. (iii)
D. (i), (ii),(iii)
Which one is the answer?

9. How important do we
consider it to be?
Use to measure how clever people are for century. Used by
school to categorize student into different course level. Used for
presenting the parents showing them where their children stand
Students with above-average innate intellectual abilities often
struggle with boredom and frustration in school.
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10. Pros:
 Can be used to predict students performance in school
 Can be used to aid in student placement
 More tests are now based on a blend of theories
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Pros and cons of IQ testing

11. Pros and cons of IQ testing
Cons:
 Measures achievement, not ability
 Results depend upon experiences
 No clear definition of intelligence
 Creates discrimination
 IQ tests do not do justice to the multi-dimensional nature
of intelligence
 Sort children into stereotypical categories and limit their
freedom to choose fields of study
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12. Can emotion and social
issues affect your score ?
● Having a bad day can affect the way of thinking
But does it really hamper the brain
ability to understand ??
● Have the knowledge and comprehend it
● So emotions or social issues could not interfere
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13. Example 1
● What will be the shape in the blank space ?
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What you have learned from this question ?

14. Example 2
● As you see, This question not even require knowledge
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