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Date Posted: 16:55:17 02/14/07 Wed
Author: Fawziya Rafael
Subject: CD article on Intelligence

It was very interesting reading the commentary by Williams in the class CD. I have always heard about the dramatic global rise in IQ scores, but always attributed it to better nutrition and health care. Although all these are surely factors of the rise in intelligence, I can see Williams’ point regarding the exposure to “similar” test materials as being a possible factor as well. However, I do not think it is actually that individuals are exposed to “similar” items per se, but that children today (adults as well) have access to many resources that develop the skills measured by our IQ tests. Today, we have toddlers using computers, putting puzzles together, and playing with various other educational games that our grandparents did not have access to. Therefore, I think our children today have the opportunity to develop various skills that were not available 100 years ago. This could also be a contributing factor for minorities scoring lower on IQ tests, since due to low SES they might not have access to the various resources available to increase these skills.

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