Matt, You still have not answered the question about whether you consider the standard IQ tests to be "fair". You say "I've premised my argument with two...
... Until someone gives me a reason to think otherwise, I'll accept that the test's are fair. By *fair* I merely mean that the tests are basically the same....
Matt, you ask: How do we know what intelligence is? What is your definition of intelligence. In 1994 a group of professors, considered to be experts in...
Matt, you seem to be particularly concerned about how practising taking tests and coaching on how to take tests affect how people perform on IQ tests. Get a...
... Certainly not. Most people accept the definition of intelligence put forth by the professors in the statement on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence". We...
... By quoting this author you are suggesting that you accept him as an authority on the subject. That would mean that in your view other people cannot...
... testing, probably the foremost authority. But why would you conclude that because I believe he is an authority that would mean other people cannot...
... I only answer questions when I feel I have something new to add to the discussion. ... I think it's evident that you don't know me very well. And vice...
I am amazed that you say in your message 1219, "The disagreement arises when we're talking about vague concepts for which each of us has his own private...
From "The Second Sin" p. 106 by Thomas Szasz: Intelligence tests: hocus-pocus used by psychologists to prove that they are brilliant, and their clients stupid....
LOL!!! What a shame I don't have "The Second Sin" at home, I returned it to the library. Thanks for bringing us these great and humorous quotes. Mira...
Szasz's remarks about intelligence tests are wrong. Intelligence tests are not hocus-pocus. There are undoubtedly people who might be described in the way...
I believe Szasz has written and said things that he has changed his mind about. Whether he has changed his mind about intelligence tests, I don't know. But I...
I think most people write and say things that later they may change their opinions about. I am not aware of any specific statements that Szasz has said he has...
For myself, I have not seen any new evidence that would counvince me that intelligence tests and projective (so-called personality) tests have improved over...
I believe Szasz has refined his arguments based on new evidence - in his book "The Meaning of Mind", the chapter "Mental Illness and Mental Treatment", "recent...
The slickest use of personality tests is for employment purposes. I can't believe anyone would work for an employer who demanded one. Then again I can't...
Well, I guess if someone really needed the job, he might take a personality test. Have you ever hired anyone? ... I can't believe anyone would work for an...
I always assumed that they simply matched the people who ticked off the same answers and lived close to one another. A kid could write a simple perl script to...
Yes, and I didn't use voodoo to do it. Instead I talked to them and got a feel for who they were. Then I called people who they had worked for in the past....
I don't think I have actually seen one of the personality tests for people who are trying to hook up for dates. I have seen questionnaires for that purpose....
Sent my last message before I saw yours below. How did you feel up or feel out the applicants? What kind of job were you hiring people for? Were there many...
... Actually, in my country there is no legal definition of this word, and everybody is allowed to use it. So everybody can hang out a shingle and call himself...
I mean how did you decide the person who had come to see you about a job was the right person. Did you evaluate her intelligence (without an IQ test, of...
Maybe people could not agree on the definition of a psychologist is and thought it would be best for everyone to use his "private definition" of the word. Do...
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