Re:Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and populatio...
by yasp on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:12PM
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>James Flynn, namesake of the secular increase, finally agrees that these IQ gains are not g factor gains [1], but believes that they still represent economically relevant skill gains. This is doubtful for two reasons: first, because measures of aca- demic ability over time do not reveal any concomitant Flynn-like gains [2, p. 8; 3]. Second, because we know from large-scale military re- search that almost all the predictive power of IQ tests in training contexts comes through g alone [4, p. 129].
[1] Flynn, JR. The Flynn Effect: Rethinking intelligence and what affects it
[2] Flynn JR. Searching for justice: the discovery of IQ gains over time. Am Psychol 1999;54:5–20.
[3] Flynn JR, Weiss LG. American IQ Gains From 1932 to 2002: The WISC Subtests and Educational Progress. Int J Test 2007;7:209–24.
[4] Ree MJ, Earles JA. The ubiquitous productiveness of g. In: Rumsey MG, Walker CB, Harris JH, editors. Personnel selection and classification. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erl- baum; 1994. p. 127–36.
[1] Flynn, JR. The Flynn Effect: Rethinking intelligence and what affects it
[2] Flynn JR. Searching for justice: the discovery of IQ gains over time. Am Psychol 1999;54:5–20.
[3] Flynn JR, Weiss LG. American IQ Gains From 1932 to 2002: The WISC Subtests and Educational Progress. Int J Test 2007;7:209–24.
[4] Ree MJ, Earles JA. The ubiquitous productiveness of g. In: Rumsey MG, Walker CB, Harris JH, editors. Personnel selection and classification. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erl- baum; 1994. p. 127–36.