There are many different descriptions of IQ and what they entail. To be honest, I have always considered the idea that intellect cannot be defined simply because there are so many skills and abilities as well as areas of intellect that can be defined as relative to IQ. Although recently I have come across the thought that IQ should be designated as the ability for an individual to be able to learn new subject matter or understand subject matter cognitively. This would make sense-- considering that mental retardation inhibits the individual from understanding simple and new subject matter. Autism also is a learning disability, however it is wise to notice that individuals on the autism spectrum tend to have a higher propensity toward individual areas of intellect that most cannot do. (For example, being able to read without be able to speak, I have seen this before in a case.) In summation, it would make sense not to base IQ off of what is currently known, but what an individual has the ability to learn. What are your thoughts?
In my opinion, it does not make much sense to reduce the diversity of the human mind to a few numbers or even just one (the IQ). Especially when dealing with cognitive disabilities, it is much more constructive to take an approach that helps to identify what exactly is not mastered and what a promising learning path would be. A good approach (knowledge spaces) was first presented in 1990 with numerous follow-up publications:
Falmagne, J.-C., Koppen, M., Villano, M., Doignon, J.-P. & Johannesen, L. (1990). Introduction to knowledge spaces: How to build test and search them. Psychological Review, 97, 201-224.
Dear all,
The intellect could be defined as ability to interact effectively with Universe as creator/builder.
The only reliable measure is evaluation of results of activity.
We think in so many different ways that it's impossible to compare them by any tests. How would be compared ability of Mozart to write beautiful music in one night to ability to write beautiful book for many years?
Best regards,
Konstantin
Right now, it is limited to cognitive measures because tests for other areas are too few, and we have yet to devise a method to fully gauge what we deem as intelligence. Diversity also makes each standardized tool partial to fully insensitive to culture and other individual differences. Hence, IQ is limited to cognitive abilities not by choice, but by limitation.
Tyler Ekern , I appreciate that somebody is able to say straight out I am incorrect. Working with people with so called intellectual disabilities and autism have taught me many skills I haven't learned from people with an high IQ. I think there are others prepositions for learning skills and missing tools for measuring these as Ellisiah Jocson pointed out.
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