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Re:Best-selling introductory psychology books give misleadin... by ggggtez on Thursday March 08, 2018 @07:32PM (#16548947)
Fallacy: Appeal to authority. Besides, obviously they have, which is the reason I said it.

And even further: researchers say that you can study for IQ tests to get a higher score. Presumably general intelligence is not something you can cram for. This is one of the reasons psychologists argue the IQ test is not an accurate system, and may or may not be just testing secondary effects of intelligence (like brain teaser ability).

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Re:Best-selling introductory psychology books give misleadin... by Consultant32452 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @07:51PM (#16549041)
Of course IQ tests test for secondary effects of intelligence. In what way does that invalidate it? It's important to remember we're talking about population level distributions here. A person could theoretically test well for some form of IQ but actually be a moron. That would mean nothing with regard to the efficacy of the test or validity of IQ in general.
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