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Fair IQ Testing?

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intellectually because of a test scoring that indicates this specification? It can be said that the evolution of many things has taken place over the last fifty years, but that  intelligence tests have not. Studies have shown that IQ scores can be changed by training, nutrition, or simply by having more friendly people administer the test(National Center, 2002). In reality,  IQ tests are nothing more than a type of achievement test which primarily measures knowledge of standard English and exposure to the cultural experiences of middle class whites(National Center, 2002).  For years philosophers have tried to come to grips with the concept of intelligence. In 1986, Sternberg wrote that intelligence is "flexibility of thought and abstract reasoning". Later, a handful  of psychologists divided it into three primary factors: academic intelligence; social intelligence and practical intelligence. This three-prong approach may explain to some extent why some children, who fail miserably at  school, go on to have successful careers, and vice versa. Scholastic aptitude is not necessarily equal to practical or social ability. But can social and practical intelligence be measured in  a test? One of the reasons that tests have failed in their goal is that the intelligence tests do not take into consideration many variables that may effect/affect a learners  comprehension of subject matter, or even in the interpretation of the meaning of a simple sentence. Some of these variables may include race, gender, age, region, and religion. Most  tests are geared toward the testing of the average white student. The test as an indicator of intelligence, then, can be said to measure a persons intelligence according to a  model written prejudicially for the white student only. Cultural differences are not accounted for, nor are perceptions of basic actions by the student taken into consideration. Therefore, the results more