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What is IQ?

What is IQ?. An intelligence quotient. is a score derived from one of several different standardized test designed to assess intelligence. The term "IQ," from the German Intelligenz -Quotient.

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What is IQ?

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  1. What is IQ?

  2. An intelligence quotient • is a score derived from one of several different standardized test designed to assess intelligence

  3. The term "IQ," from the German Intelligenz-Quotient. • IQ scores have beenshown to beassociatedwithsuch factors as morbidity and mortality, parental social status, and, to a substantialdegree, parental IQ.

  4. While the heritability of IQ has beeninvestigated for nearly a century, controversyremainsregarding the significance of heritabilityestimates, and the mechanisms of inheritanceare still a matter of somedebate.

  5. IQ scores areused in manycontexts:

  6. The average IQ scores for many populations have beenrising at an average rate of three points per decadesince the early 20th century, a phenomenoncalled the Flynn effect.

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