I.Q. A Smart History of a Failed Idea Presented by: Tom Green.

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I.Q. A Smart History of a Failed Idea Presented by: Tom Green

COUSINS Charles DarwinSir 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 5 th 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 22 nd 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