I.Q.A Smart History of a Failed Idea
Presented by: Tom Green
COUSINS
Charles Darwin Sir Francis Galton
ALFRED BINETInventor of the first IQ test 1908
Classify feeble-minded children
Moron (Highest functioning
feeble-minded)
Imbiciles
Idiots
EUGENICS IN AMERICASir Francis Galton coined the term eugenics, and the phrase “Nature versus Nurture” in his book Hereditary Genius, published in 1869.
LEWIS MADISON TERMANWas instrumental in the inclusion of IQ testing in the military; he developed the first mass IQ test which was used on 1.7 million soldiers during WW I. In public schools, he studied gifted, and feeble-minded children alike. To increase the efficiency of America’s growing public schools.
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF IQ TESTING
Psychologyst Herbert Henry Goddard was the instramental in the establishment of IQ testing in the NJ school system.
Goddard worked in an isolationist Training School in NJ, called Vineland, but it was know by it’s residents as “Quaker Jail”.
Deborah Kallikak
DEBORAH KALLIKAK
5th generation descendent of Martin Kallikak
ELLIS ISLAND FROM AFAR“GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE, YOUR WRECHED REFUSE FROM YOUR TEAMING SHORES …”
UNLESS …
You’re “Defective”
DEFECTIVES ARE RETURNED
Chalk Marks Used to Label Defectives
“The Line” & the ~6 second inspection
EARLY DETECTION OF DEFECTIVESTypes of testing used for illiterate or non-English speaking immigrants, and children.
ARNOLD GESELLb. 21 June 1880 in Alma, Wisconsin, USA
H.S. Diploma 1896
Stevens Point Normal School
UW-Madison – Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1903
Ph. D. from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; 1906
m. Beatrice Chandler – 1910
M.D. from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; 1915
d. 29 May 1961 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Evidence:A Sociological
Contrast
But that was a long time ago – right?Is discrimination based on intelligence over?
IQ AND THE WEALTH OF NATIONS - RANKING BY IQAuthors Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhnen 2002 and 2006
The USA is 22nd
Average IQ of 98
IQ AND GLOBAL INEQUALITY - GLOBAL VIEWThe USA is THIRD in per capita GDP behind Japan and Singapore
Average IQ of 100