Transcript I.Q. - University of Wisconsin–Platteville

I.Q.
A Smart History of a Failed Idea
Presented by: Tom Green
COUSINS
Charles Darwin
Sir Francis Galton
ALFRED BINET
Inventor of the first IQ test 1908
Classify feeble-minded children
Moron (Highest functioning
feeble-minded)
Imbiciles
Idiots
EUGENICS IN
AMERICA
Sir Francis Galton coined the
term eugenics, and the phrase “Nature
versus Nurture” in his book Hereditary
Genius, published in 1869.
LEWIS MADISON
TERMAN
Was 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 DEFECTIVES
Types of testing used for illiterate
or non-English speaking
immigrants, and children.
ARNOLD GESELL
b. 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 IQ
Authors Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhnen
2002 and 2006
The USA is 22nd
Average IQ of 98
IQ AND GLOBAL
INEQUALITY GLOBAL VIEW
The USA is THIRD in per capita GDP
behind Japan and Singapore
Average IQ of 100