The dark history of IQ tests - Stefan C. Dombrowski

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  • Explore the history of IQ tests; how they measure a person’s intelligence and the ways they have been used to justify scientifically baseless ideologies.
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    In 1905, psychologists Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon designed a test for children who were struggling in school in France. Designed to determine which children required individualized attention, their method formed the basis of the modern IQ test. So how do IQ tests work, and are they a true reflection of intelligence? Stefan C. Dombrowski explores how the tests have been used throughout history.
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  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 4 lety +10557

    “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.”
    ― Angela Duckworth

    • @vasudevraghav2109
      @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety +15

      Goodness of this thought varies as if u are talking about potential that is predetermined or something other

    • @shambosaha9727
      @shambosaha9727 Před 4 lety +5

      The first thing to do is to find its gradient

    • @djayjp
      @djayjp Před 4 lety +12

      But the IQ test isn't about measuring one's potential.

    • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
      @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 4 lety +51

      @@vasudevraghav2109 Potential is unknown. So no one can tell you what you can be, what you can achieve. It's up to you what you will be.

    • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
      @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 4 lety +12

      @@djayjp yeah that's true. Even Alfred binet believed IQ is not fixed or ones potential isny predetermined.

  • @lolzxl9184
    @lolzxl9184 Před 4 lety +3131

    3:01
    That poor soul with 3 IQ...

    • @fretzT_T
      @fretzT_T Před 4 lety +72

      What about the guy with 3 IQ 😂

    • @caib714
      @caib714 Před 4 lety +683

      He got 3 points for getting his name right.

    • @fretzT_T
      @fretzT_T Před 4 lety +16

      LoL

    • @johnsalchichon777
      @johnsalchichon777 Před 4 lety +176

      He has the mental capacity of plastic.

    • @archon1410
      @archon1410 Před 4 lety +332

      @@johnsalchichon777 nope. Probably spoke some other language other than English and only knew very basic English.

  • @mikevids8107
    @mikevids8107 Před 3 lety +5442

    Everyone saying the IQ test is flawed but would love to tell everyone that they got a 140 on it.

    • @hickorylubes2872
      @hickorylubes2872 Před 3 lety +348

      Thats because we know we ain't a genius

    • @allovdem
      @allovdem Před 3 lety +324

      I got a 136 on a Mensa test, this is probably the 3rd time I've ever mentioned it.

    • @organicfarm5524
      @organicfarm5524 Před 3 lety +62

      @@allovdem lol

    • @dentatusdentatus1592
      @dentatusdentatus1592 Před 3 lety +105

      @@allovdem You got 136? That's it?

    • @allovdem
      @allovdem Před 3 lety +125

      @@dentatusdentatus1592 unfortunately

  • @Berries20
    @Berries20 Před 4 lety +5288

    IQ test makers: Makes test to know which children need help in studies
    Humans: Nice, a new tool I can use to discriminate

    • @zack-ronald259
      @zack-ronald259 Před 3 lety +60

      @marco conti you know the help is also offered to white immigrants right?

    • @AM-we8hj
      @AM-we8hj Před 3 lety +413

      We like to be special. To be special, we need others to be less special than us.

    • @Berries20
      @Berries20 Před 3 lety +94

      @@AM-we8hj damn that's....true

    • @abidi910
      @abidi910 Před 3 lety +7

      THANK YOU!

    • @loafoffloof3420
      @loafoffloof3420 Před 3 lety +28

      @@AM-we8hj but I like to be me, a living being

  • @FahadQaziii
    @FahadQaziii Před 4 lety +10483

    I wish school was more like this. If i was taught things with this much passion, detail and importance then I would’ve always paid attention

    • @user-kn6jg8kj6d
      @user-kn6jg8kj6d Před 4 lety +60

      Agreed 🙌

    • @alenscandm1640
      @alenscandm1640 Před 4 lety +40

      Agreed

    • @Guergeiro
      @Guergeiro Před 4 lety +148

      More like teachers and not schools themselves. I used to love physics until high school. Before i had a teacher that would explain things almost like telling a story and with a bunch of curiosity facts; that made want search more about the subject and consequently study more. When high school arrived, the teacher was so boring that I lost complete interest; probably the only reason I still had good grades was because of solid physics foundations from the previous teacher.

    • @starRushi
      @starRushi Před 4 lety +88

      Teachers are people. That’s the sad truth. They don’t love what they do, and they don’t get paid much to do it. Especially effecting is this: there is no competition. There isn’t a surplus of teachers competing for the best, but in fact not enough

    • @clarityashtons4273
      @clarityashtons4273 Před 4 lety +23

      I agree yet at the same time I have a very charismatic college math professor and I'm still not understanding jack. But that's probably another issue haha.

  • @con__
    @con__ Před 4 lety +3849

    I love this animation style!!

    • @bigsmoky4729
      @bigsmoky4729 Před 4 lety +5

      @Austin Martín Hernández lol

    • @yuufgreat9935
      @yuufgreat9935 Před 4 lety +13

      have you ever heard of something named kurzgesagt?

    • @21mikeross
      @21mikeross Před 4 lety +17

      Nice animation, but very misleading. The Nazis BANNED IQ tests, after they discovered Jewish-German children scored consistently higher than German children.

    • @sun.fl0
      @sun.fl0 Před 4 lety +1

      Q-Q rlly???

    • @elindseykey
      @elindseykey Před 4 lety +1

      jconjello me too!

  • @liamanderson6424
    @liamanderson6424 Před 4 lety +1896

    "Famous quote"
    ― famous person

    • @liamanderson6424
      @liamanderson6424 Před 4 lety +86

      @Sabina Gupta no

    • @shady8045
      @shady8045 Před 4 lety +110

      wow how inspiring

    • @gabirmol
      @gabirmol Před 4 lety +45

      That was inspiring

    • @wedwhb9899
      @wedwhb9899 Před 4 lety +59

      wow that was so deep, thnks to the famus person, my life will change for the best

    • @alfred4264
      @alfred4264 Před 4 lety +39

      I'm crying

  • @AbhisarRawat
    @AbhisarRawat Před 3 lety +652

    "people who keep copy pasting my "iq quote" everywhere are assholes"
    - Stephan Hawking

    • @lionking-ig5yi
      @lionking-ig5yi Před 2 lety +6

      How can i copy this comment? Asking for a friend

    • @wubranch1
      @wubranch1 Před 2 lety +13

      Or is just triggering to someone who brags about their IQ.

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 Před 2 lety +4

      *Stephen

  • @stevesoprano8113
    @stevesoprano8113 Před 4 lety +3676

    5:41 "Individuals can't be categorized by a single numerical score" please someone say that to the school system!

    • @henrilemoine3953
      @henrilemoine3953 Před 4 lety +141

      Literally no one from the school system thinks that people are categorized only by IQ. Grades in school are a very useful tool, not only to determine a student's conscienciousness, but also to find who has difficulties learning. BUT WAIT, that is not to say that it is the sole factor for the value of an individual, as there are many other aspects that make someone unique. You are simply misrepresenting the school system, which I don't find to be noble.

    • @stevesoprano8113
      @stevesoprano8113 Před 4 lety +227

      ​@@henrilemoine3953 I think that everyone is born in a different way therefore not everyone has the same type of intelligence. For exemple a brilliant writer that has a very good creative type of intelligence might be bad at math because despite his creative genius he has a lack of logical type of intelligence which is the type of intelligence that (for some reason) is privileged at school. This system doesn't measure emotional intelligence either, for exemple as long as a person with low emotional intelligence (like for exemple a bully) is good at solving problems this person will be rewarded by the school system anyway. This can be easily explain by the fact that "creativity" and "kindness" can't be objectively graded, so the system put a number on the only thing that it can put a number on which is "problem solving". This is an extremely unfair system that I definitely did not misrepresented in my comment.

    • @vasudevraghav2109
      @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety +41

      @@stevesoprano8113 very true........ But they don't put a number on ' Problem Solving' they put it on ability to gain marks by screaming every detail they can......
      See in real life when u want to calculate u can just look it up in books or computers thats why we have them......
      But no no no no!!!!! Lets see their hard drives working.......

    • @pohenixwielki3178
      @pohenixwielki3178 Před 4 lety +9

      Or to china

    • @ghostderazgriz
      @ghostderazgriz Před 4 lety +33

      @@henrilemoine3953 I also disagree with this. Grades do not measure learning deficiencies as you like to believe. And if you watched this video, you will find that trying to grade learning deficiency has no scientific backing and is difficult to measure with consistent results. Tests have to be rigorously designed by industry professionals to produce whorthwhile results and I guarantee no shool makes their staff do this every year for every curriculum. At most they'll do it for the standardized tests, but I refer you to T.E.D ED's video on that subject to learn why that is also ineffective in its current state and why it should change.

  • @iszychurch4711
    @iszychurch4711 Před 3 lety +3117

    I’ve got a low IQ, I’m going to uni in September to study nursing, I was told I would never be able to do my GCSEs, I did them and passed. I’ve been tested loads for “issues” and disabilities, I can however excel at non-verbal reasoning though. 😊

    • @supergalaxycrazykillerpsyc3079
      @supergalaxycrazykillerpsyc3079 Před 3 lety +133

      Aww good luck with your journey, don’t let these people discriminate you ❤️

    • @kirangeorge4459
      @kirangeorge4459 Před 3 lety +168

      Congrats, this proves that you don't need to get a freaking 140 on a MENSA IQ test in order to succeed in life the way YOU want to succeed.
      Work hard, and stop worrying about your IQ. It doesn't matter if you have an average IQ, or a genius level IQ. You can still do whatever you want with your life.
      Congrats again!

    • @mo_7199
      @mo_7199 Před 3 lety +19

      Honestly, good for you! I hope your future prospects go well :)

    • @mo_7199
      @mo_7199 Před 3 lety +21

      @@lunariedawn to some degree, it does, but it isn't the greatest way to mesure overall. no one really knows what is since intelligence is relative

    • @lunariedawn
      @lunariedawn Před 3 lety +39

      @@mo_7199 I'm not talking about intelligence though, I'm just saying that (especially from my own experience), IQ doesn't measure someone's intelligence, but their ability to see patterns and solve problems
      In no way does that make one with a higher IQ smarter than one with a lower IQ

  • @remitiras
    @remitiras Před 4 lety +1791

    When I was 7 my school forced my mom to take me to an IQ test because they wanted to prove I have a learning disability. I scored 139. They decided on their on I have some sort of mental disability and I had regular meetings with the school psychologist where I just draw and played with a hamster, until my mom figure out what they are doing.
    I didn't have any disability, I was just really bored in class so I didn't do any homework or participate that much, and I was a very sensitive kid so when the teachers got mad at me I used to hide under my table and cry.
    This treatment caused me a lot of problems later on and some of them still effect me to this day, mostly mentally.
    The school system is messed up. They think that if a kid doesn't learn like everyone else, it's because he they have a problem. I learned faster then most of my class, so I was bored of doing things I already knew over and over. Now I find it hard to finish assignments and learn properly because I never had to, and now that I need to I have no learning skills.
    If instead of taking me out of class to play with hamsters they let me learn faster, I would most likely do better at uni now.

    • @krissijimenez1770
      @krissijimenez1770 Před 4 lety +121

      If I was bored I just drew cartoon characters.Most of my teachers were cool with me so they let me get away with it.After awhile of being bored they let me skip 9th and 12th grade. I just realized how lucky I was thanks to you.

    • @blackpepper2610
      @blackpepper2610 Před 4 lety +55

      I don't think the school system is the only problem,
      From what you wrote i think your parents are also the problem,

    • @remitiras
      @remitiras Před 4 lety +102

      @@blackpepper2610 My parents were not the problem. I don't know what I wrote that made you think that, but they are fighting hard for me every day, and they always had. Of course they are not perfect, my twin sister and I were their first daughters and I admit they made some mistakes (which they didn't repeat with my little sister btw), but they are both great parents.
      Its challenging to raise twins as your first kids. I think I didn't mention my twin sister in my original comment because I didn't think it mattered, but she went through a similar thing.
      Right now my parents and my sisters are my only family, and I couldn't wish for a better one. I'm sure you didn't mean to offend me by your comment but it's very important to me that you'll understand it wasn't their fault. They always supported me and I've seen them yelling at teachers and embarrassing themselves to make sure nothing like what happened at elementary school will repeat itself.

    • @mohammedasif9246
      @mohammedasif9246 Před 4 lety +12

      Lol your story seems like my story🙄

    • @blackpepper2610
      @blackpepper2610 Před 4 lety +8

      סתם ערוץ שלא חיוני לעולם בשום צורה i see, looks like I'm wrong, sorry about that

  • @uraniumn_9244
    @uraniumn_9244 Před 3 lety +84

    i wanna show this to my IQ obsessed middle school math teacher for ruining little me's love for math and making bigger me have a panic attack whenever i see something that resembles a math question

    • @gabriel-de8yv
      @gabriel-de8yv Před 3 lety +27

      Those teachers are the worst, I' m really sorry you had to go through that, really. I went through something similar.
      If you feel curious about math, my advice is, dive into it. Her "opinion" is just as valid as yours, you have genuine interest, wich is extremely valuable. Don't let another person's words crush your motivations.

    • @trashboi6686
      @trashboi6686 Před 2 lety

      What exactly are you trying to prove? Most of this video is bs. IQ scores have crazy validity, its just that some are good and some are bad.

    • @tatheerfatima3723
      @tatheerfatima3723 Před rokem +1

      Relatable

  • @stevegaming450
    @stevegaming450 Před 4 lety +1047

    The narrating, the animating, the details and the information included in Ted-ed's videos are very genuine and vivid.

    • @21mikeross
      @21mikeross Před 4 lety +7

      Nice animation, but very misleading. The Nazis BANNED IQ tests, after they discovered Jewish-German children scored consistently higher than German children.

    • @Overlord7135
      @Overlord7135 Před 3 lety +3

      @@21mikeross However, they did still do what was said in the video before banning them

    • @kirangeorge4459
      @kirangeorge4459 Před 3 lety +2

      @@21mikeross OMG LOOOL!
      Maybe they were just salty because the Jewish-German children scored higher lmao.

    • @enriquesuarez7113
      @enriquesuarez7113 Před 3 lety +1

      this video is telling what people want to hear by sugar coating the truth, IQ is the best modern indicator of intelligence we have until today. This is backed up by a lot of sicologist and professors like Jordan poterson himself. But people don't want to believe it cause its not a pretty thing to believe

    • @thehappyloaf
      @thehappyloaf Před 2 lety

      @@enriquesuarez7113 Very true mate

  • @Shatterverse
    @Shatterverse Před 4 lety +1845

    Yeah I had to do an "IQ test" for part of my depression diagnosis; it actually tracks visual problem solving, audio comprehension, short & long term memory, and comprehension. The point is to look for underlying factors that may contribute to my depression and past. As it happens, instead of having average values across the board, I have wildly high scores in some places, and average scores in others. As a consequence I take and process in more sensory data than most people, but my memory is slightly uneven, resulting in a learning deficit. It also explains why I tend to think out loud and notice a lot of random details. Sometimes I enjoy taking off my glasses just to give my brain (and eyes because eye strain sucks) a rest.

    • @tuesdaywithanh
      @tuesdaywithanh Před 4 lety +58

      That's really interesting

    • @moth9659
      @moth9659 Před 4 lety +5

      Wow

    • @mouwersor
      @mouwersor Před 4 lety +8

      ok

    • @ebunni5862
      @ebunni5862 Před 4 lety +79

      Oh cool! I know depression can affect memory and cognitive function. I have depression too and when it's really bad my grades at school plummet. I can't focus, I feel like I'm in a fog, and it's harder to remember things. I do worse at work as well.

    • @rayanhey2411
      @rayanhey2411 Před 4 lety +1

      100% me

  • @jessicawest4515
    @jessicawest4515 Před 4 lety +304

    This reminds me of the Gifted program my elementary school had, in which some kids who scored high enough on IQ tests got to leave the classroom and do fun stuff like make books and have parties. Many parents and teachers hate this program. All the students can enjoy and benefit from fun learning activities, not just the ones who score highly on IQ tests. Besides, it's damaging. The kids in the Gifted program often get inflated egos while other children feel as though they are not "gifted," all because of a flawed test that neglects to measure many other important qualities.

    • @jessicawest4515
      @jessicawest4515 Před 3 lety +14

      @@Jordan_Dossou It's alright. You were just a puppy.

    • @cccaaa702
      @cccaaa702 Před 3 lety +4

      I feel so much more luckier now...

    • @commenturthegreat2915
      @commenturthegreat2915 Před 3 lety +34

      I've been in a gifted program during school and I don't think what you're saying is fair at all. While yeah, some of the kids there were assholes and the program gave them an unnecessary ego boost, this really wasn't the common trend. Most of us were just nerds who were bored at school and wanted to do something else for a change. These tests weren't useless, they did an excellent job at sorting out the exact kids fitting for the program - fast learners who enjoy learning and aren't reliant on school. You're neglecting to mention the reason these programs exists in the first place - to help people connect. It was an opportunity to finally meet and interact with people similar to me, in an environment where I wouldn't get bullied just for asking the teacher questions or for having good grades. As a result most of my friends at the time were from that program, and it was extremely important for my mental health. Yeah, obviously having fun learning activities is always a good idea for anyone, but cancelling these programs won't help with that. It's just going to give intelligent kids even more of a socially miserable time at school.

    • @Niccole-oq8wo
      @Niccole-oq8wo Před 3 lety +18

      I never liked the "gifted" program for the very reasons you mentioned. My best friend was in that program. They went on monthly field trips, played games and participated in a lot of fun activities. They were able to leave class early to do this. Their curriculum challenged their intelligence, further allowing them to grow. This doesn't happen with "average" children. Theyre not challenged or praised for the gifts they have. They're not recognized. It's wrong. So many people are geniuses in disguise.
      My best friend always considers me being as gifted as she...however, I was never in a gifted program.( I did land in an advanced reading classes only to get shoved into remedial math classes, lol) I can reason, deduct and predict like no else I know. I.Q tests only test a certain type of intelligence; there are many types of intelligences. The IQ test doesn't take this into consideration. Consequently, a lot of gifted children are left behind because some test said they didn't deserve to be challenged.

    • @commenturthegreat2915
      @commenturthegreat2915 Před 3 lety +8

      @@Niccole-oq8wo I fully agree that the average student should be pushed forwards and challenged more, but how is cancelling the gifted programs going to help with that? Stopping someone from achieving their potential isn't going to help anyone else achieve theirs. All you're doing here is addressing jealousy. If you closed down these programs the budget they use up would just go back into the regular boring school system and everyone would lose. If you think others should have similar opportunities, then open up new programs built for different types of intelligence - don't close the current ones.
      Again, you're forgetting to consider the reason these programs exist in the first place - they aren't there because of some nonsensical superiority complex, they're there because people with high IQ tend to be challenged less by school, want to learn more and seek connections with others similar to them. You can argue that this doesn't correctly measure intelligence all you want, but the social environment there is vastly different from what would have happened if they opened it up for everyone.
      I was in an awful social situation in school at the time. That was the only place where I actually got to meet similar kids without worrying about bullying all of the time, and I know that I'm not the only one who had that experience. That's a really important thing to consider, especially when talking about younger ages. It sucks that not everyone gets to have an experience like that, but it doesn't mean nobody should.

  • @someoneovertherainbow9675
    @someoneovertherainbow9675 Před 2 lety +77

    im glad this is finally pointed out. i used to consider myself as a "smart" person since i did a great job academically. but i started to change my mind and i dont think that im brilliant anymore cause in fact there are so many friends of mine who have a lower academic score are incredibly intelligent than i am. so.. that's amazing dude

  • @nylalaraib8941
    @nylalaraib8941 Před 4 lety +538

    Man, the thing that makes Ted-Ed Stand out is its unique way of explaining and analyzing curious topics no one thinks about, and turning it into an amazing video for us to enjoy. Thank you Ted-Ed and continue dazzling our Imagination

    • @jeremiahnoar7504
      @jeremiahnoar7504 Před 2 lety +2

      Their actual secret sauce is to tell you things that you wanted to hear whether there’s truth to their claim or not. People like to “learn” things that they already believe.

    • @bigsassyster
      @bigsassyster Před 2 lety

      and uses whatever studies they can find to prove their point without a hypothesis

  • @Arttojisannn
    @Arttojisannn Před 4 lety +2804

    Every time I watched Ted-Ed I can feel that my IQ increase.

  • @antwonjackson4550
    @antwonjackson4550 Před 3 lety +157

    Honestly, most people just brag about their IQ score and never really do anything brag worthy with it
    They just talk about it

    • @5people829
      @5people829 Před 3 lety +5

      Turns out no one wants to talk about it because there are 0 replies 😝

    • @enriquesuarez7113
      @enriquesuarez7113 Před 3 lety +6

      Honestly, you just made that up and just assumed that that's true cause it makes you feel better

    • @thehappyloaf
      @thehappyloaf Před 2 lety +14

      @@enriquesuarez7113 You're the other side of this coin. Congrats

    • @lezanji1884
      @lezanji1884 Před 2 lety +2

      @@enriquesuarez7113 have you gone to quora?

    • @enriquesuarez7113
      @enriquesuarez7113 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lezanji1884 do they brag a lot there? Don’t give me wrong I hate people who brag about their IQ as well

  • @ultraali453
    @ultraali453 Před 3 lety +52

    I am glad that the video makes the point that even though IQ testing has been used incorrectly in history, it isn't something that is useless. We may never have a perfect iq test, but we can use it (and other tests) to learn how to benchmark the human mind. Just as we have with physical tests. However, there will always be exceptions.

  • @Kurorito
    @Kurorito Před 4 lety +189

    One day, my lecturer taught us, when suddenly our topic changed dramatically from prostitute's psychological well-being to IQ test.
    I remember when he said this to us
    "Only fools believe in IQ test. Your future ain't bound to mere numbers and calculation. Your life is better than that. You determine your own life, not those numbers."
    Still, his words make huge impact upon my life.

    • @glassplotful
      @glassplotful Před 4 lety +20

      Your IQ score predicts your income level better than your grades, parent's education, parental income, or socioeconomic index. (Strenze 2007, n=58,758)

    • @ronaldmendez9205
      @ronaldmendez9205 Před 2 lety +18

      @@glassplotful but still numbers can not control your life or your future

    • @koharumi1
      @koharumi1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ronaldmendez9205 unless you are dead?

    • @mukulkansara1907
      @mukulkansara1907 Před 2 lety +3

      Clear evidence shows that they do and its not just number it is the score of your ability

    • @octave11thpianist58
      @octave11thpianist58 Před 2 lety +6

      @@ronaldmendez9205 Yes it does. Literally just watch a classroom. You can observe how people learn faster than others. Yes there are factors such as higher income aka extra education but IQ determines how quickly you learn a new thing. If people in the real world can absorb certain skills significantly faster than others, then they will be more successful in life. It's simple logic, and the concept that everybody has absolutely equal potential and that there are no biological factors that affect the way you interact with the abstract world is like putting your head into the sand.

  • @shauryashil9170
    @shauryashil9170 Před 4 lety +48

    3:50 I like how the graph line transitioned into Earth's outline..
    I LOVE THIS ANIMATION STYLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @floof_hair3857
    @floof_hair3857 Před 4 lety +390

    Scientists: Nooooo, you can't just use this test we designed for a very particular population at a specific point in time to test everyone for everything
    The entire world: Haha test printer go brrrr

    • @MiroMayne
      @MiroMayne Před 3 lety +1

      More like "Liberalism and Colonialism" (instead of the entire world)

    • @dodominoe4461
      @dodominoe4461 Před 3 lety +13

      @@MiroMayne Why liberalism?

    • @Michael-jq1hl
      @Michael-jq1hl Před 3 lety +1

      I am from Italy and none does IQ tests here, sadly because I would have liked to be in a class with similar IQ but couldn't

    • @user-kw8ff9ne8l
      @user-kw8ff9ne8l Před 3 lety

      @@Michael-jq1hl You are the country of the great Maria Montessori

    • @Michael-jq1hl
      @Michael-jq1hl Před 3 lety

      @@user-kw8ff9ne8l yes but sadly she didn't run the finances of the country 😂 (I know she died in the 50s)

  • @realkabecio
    @realkabecio Před 4 lety +25

    This is very relevant Info.I also love this animation style - its great for teaching facts of these kinds - the bright primary colors, geometric shapes and movement styles continually morph amongst themselves, yet accordingly to an intrinsic design scheme. And its consistent throughout the entire piece. It makes the learning so easy and it's like going on just a great fun ride!

  • @craurd
    @craurd Před 4 lety +244

    My goodness, my teachers doesn't even know what IQ stands for.

    • @daedricdragon5976
      @daedricdragon5976 Před 4 lety +6

      That's one bad teacher. Although it could be a momentary problem in recall . . .

    • @Ravishrex1
      @Ravishrex1 Před 4 lety +5

      You just learned it here.

    • @elliottbrown1329
      @elliottbrown1329 Před 4 lety +20

      Based on the grammar in that sentence, that comes as absolutely no surprise.

    • @maddogtannen6984
      @maddogtannen6984 Před 4 lety +11

      Intersexual quotient

    • @vedkorla300
      @vedkorla300 Před 4 lety +39

      @@elliottbrown1329 Oh look, here's another one, he who thinks English language is supreme and it forms the criterion of ultimate judgement of a person.

  • @hala5365
    @hala5365 Před 4 lety +84

    I just learned what I would’ve learned in online school for a whole week compressed into 6 minutes.

    • @thebatonmaster
      @thebatonmaster Před 4 lety +11

      Your school is spending a whole week on the history of IQ testing?

    • @Gwapo
      @Gwapo Před 4 lety

      @@thebatonmaster 40 students. One teacher. 6 minutes?

    • @hala5365
      @hala5365 Před 4 lety +1

      Wisest 1 I truly respect your opinion. You think that. Everyone thinks differently and you thinking Ted Ed isn’t the best is 100 percent fine. On the other hand, I think that Ted Ed is teaching me all that I need to know for now. Maybe in the future it won’t be the best teaching resource. It seems that you need something a bit more on the deeper meaning side. I agree with you though, the IQ test is great and Ted Ed didn’t cover that in the video. They didn’t necessarily cover everything about the history of IQ in this video, but I think it covered enough for us to know the basics of the history. If you want anything else to be covered just let me know. Also Ted Ed explains it in a more fun and colourful way. That may help students pay attention more and learn more from Ted Ed than what they’re learning in school.
      Thank you very much for your opinion. This helped me and it will help Ted Ed get better in the future

    • @mainecoon5459
      @mainecoon5459 Před 4 lety +3

      @Wisest 1 but the title of this video stated "the dark history of IQ" so expect this will be in a negative standpoint of view... but they still managed the video to be light at the conclusion of this course... you should have been more understanding, not the other way around...

    • @jeanneymar373
      @jeanneymar373 Před 4 lety +1

      Equestrian _Mickey&Casperfan schools primarily goal is not to fill your head with random knowledge
      But it uses them as a way to teach you skill like critical thinking which you obviously dont practice by watching passively a video
      At least in my country

  • @pervertpenguinproductions2425

    Video: "Do I.Q tests work?"
    Me who got a perfect 10: "Pretty sure they do."

  • @warpspeedchic8540
    @warpspeedchic8540 Před 4 lety +31

    This makes me feel reasonably comfortable about my stupidity and lack of intelligence, until later on when the feelings return.

  • @havocmaverick
    @havocmaverick Před 4 lety +180

    I had tooken me one of these tests one time. They said I got me a 200 IQ. I knew me was that smrt.

    • @gameup3926
      @gameup3926 Před 4 lety +20

      I don't believe in IQ I believe in hardwork

    • @trillionbones89
      @trillionbones89 Před 4 lety +52

      You should start watching Rick and Morty

    • @coziclair
      @coziclair Před 4 lety +24

      this comment is underrated

    • @akeslav
      @akeslav Před 4 lety +23

      Waiting for that sweet sweet r/woosh

    • @dr.apollo4226
      @dr.apollo4226 Před 4 lety +5

      Game up Hard work is very inefficient.

  • @left6121
    @left6121 Před 4 lety +49

    I am currently addicted to this channel. The animation is sublime and smooth. I enjoy every second of each video, that sadly doesn’t last forever. This channel is truly great.

  • @deprivalli
    @deprivalli Před 4 lety +36

    i'm embarrassed to admit that i still feel extremely upset and awful about always scoring low on these tests. i've always been considering myself as 'not too shabby' in terms of intellectual capacity, however, when it comes to iq testing i get very, very lost in all those patterns. thank you for the video - i never really knew about the true horrors of such a seemingly trivial thing.

    • @scblei9848
      @scblei9848 Před rokem +3

      I didn’t take an iq test, but a different type when I was diagnosed with my autism that measured a lot of stuff like memory, processing speed, etc. I cried a lot when I found out I scored below average, but now I’m embarrassed of that reaction, and the fact that I still feel a bit ashamed, but it’s my opinion you also shouldn’t have to feel embarrassed for having a reaction to the strains put on you by society. You can acknowledge something is not logical without beating yourself up about it. Anyway all this to say, if you still feel bad, try not too be too hard on yourself.

    • @makilune
      @makilune Před měsícem

      To begin with, IQ tests are highly outdated and controversial, and the same person taking it can rank different scores at different days. Not to mention the ignorance and damage that categorizing children based on score numbers of a standardized test that is said to rank “intelligence” does.
      It doesn’t score intelligence at all, it only measures a small part of a logical-math thinking. Intelligence is a whole cognitive process that is always evolving, it can’t be measured in a standardized test!
      And the fact that nowadays in 2024 people still believe it does is beyond me!

  • @Demian_Garcia
    @Demian_Garcia Před 4 lety +233

    "IQ tests only measure your ability to take IQ tests"
    -Smallant1
    Lmao people really taking this seriously when I'm quoting a twitch streamer.

    • @asrnyigit4040
      @asrnyigit4040 Před 4 lety +28

      @@kevinhodge4730 They don't, though? If you look at a test's biases, like getting a higher score if you go to school, it explains why it is kinda effective. Someone who didn't go to school would probably be less successful than someone who went to school. That doesn't mean the test scores potential accurately. IQ tests generally touch up on creativity, and other intelligence types.
      It is correlated, but because of other factors. It isn't even correlated that strongly.

    • @glassplotful
      @glassplotful Před 4 lety +7

      ​@@asrnyigit4040 Lookup _spurious relationship_ . Another explanation is that those who are smart happen to attend more school and also happen to score higher on IQ tests. Also, IQ tests only measure one "type" of intelligence- general intelligence. IQ tests do not attempt to capture such loosely-defined concepts as "creativity."

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino Před 4 lety +4

      k h how? Where are all the high IQ elites

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 Před 4 lety +4

      @@kevinhodge4730 Meanwhile Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Guido, Bolsonaro, etc...

    • @sethseth9059
      @sethseth9059 Před 4 lety +4

      Strange how it doesn't. All success earned comes from Emotional Quotient traits. You can be smart as a whip but if you can't control your impulses, aren't resilient in the face of failure, have no discipline, etc. then you'll be a failure in life regardless of how smart you are. The two are completely different things.

  • @TheTexas1994
    @TheTexas1994 Před 4 lety +24

    It should be noted that both Simon and Binet understood that the test they had created could be used for malicious intent. They cautioned against taking the results too far, but in the end they ended up having little say in how their original idea would be applied

    • @leenjundi3811
      @leenjundi3811 Před 6 měsíci

      yeah man. governments will always utilize tools in maliciuous ways. gene editing is next

  • @vasudevraghav2109
    @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety +249

    IQ cannot describe u....... It is not even fixed, it varies at different times of a day and depend on many unaccountable factors

    • @vasudevraghav2109
      @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety +5

      @Ashutosh Dubey we don't even know whole brains functioning of various part, let alone full body and we start to measure it with unfaithfull tests....... ' I'm only human after all don't put ur blame on me' ......

    • @daedricdragon5976
      @daedricdragon5976 Před 4 lety +25

      The problem is the amount of variation. Sure, if you're hungry, tired, depressed or anxious, ofcourse it is going to play a role in your final result. Other factors do contribute to a fluctuating intelligence range as well. But that does not mean that it is not accurate. The correct manner to observe and analyze such psychometrics (personality tests like big five count as well), is to keep in mind that although the score can and does shift slightly during the day or various mental and physical states, it never results in a dramatic change in IQ score nor does it correspond to a lack of general intelligence.
      Unfortunately, we know that while IQ is in part decided environmentally, it is mostly genetically influenced; meaning that it is determined at birth.
      Can you manipulate it through environmental means such as nourishment and/or education? Definitely.
      Does that mean there is not a fixed cap? No.
      So, I would say that each person has a vareity of potentials, abilities and talents, most of which are settled the moment that one is borned. Intelligence (or general intelligence if you'd like) is one of those potentials, and the whole concept of potential is that there is a fixed cap; you can work on yourself and possibly reach your best version, but after that, you hit a conceptual "roof".

    • @vasudevraghav2109
      @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety

      @@daedricdragon5976 agreed.....
      Don't get angry for not replying equally lenghty answer😅😜

    • @vasudevraghav2109
      @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety

      @@daedricdragon5976 also degree of these factor vary differently

    • @TimesOfSilence
      @TimesOfSilence Před 4 lety +8

      Im shaking my head right now...
      Where do you get your information from, Vasudev?
      I am studying Psychology and therefore confront myself with IQ and tests on a regular basis, and in fact there are many IQ tests with a very high reliability.
      That we do not fully understand all components of the brain yet, does not have anything to do with how IQ tests work.
      So please, enlighten me where you get your insight from, that IQ tests have low reliability and do not work.

  • @diwakarkoirala4879
    @diwakarkoirala4879 Před 3 lety +444

    Everyone in comment section: "Those who boasts about their IQ are losers"- Stephen Hawking
    Deep Inside: I wish my IQ was higher.

    • @sonokoluvr
      @sonokoluvr Před 3 lety +9

      fr

    • @alvindzaki6085
      @alvindzaki6085 Před 3 lety +8

      So do we, mate; so do we.

    • @timothymiddleton6651
      @timothymiddleton6651 Před 3 lety

      Yups

    • @slaw1448
      @slaw1448 Před 3 lety +1

      I wish my IQ was higher

    • @kirangeorge4459
      @kirangeorge4459 Před 3 lety +9

      Yeah I know, we all sometimes have a superiority complex.
      I'm a 15-year-old teenager, and I took A MENSA IQ test. However, I took it online, so I'm not sure how reliable it is.
      I'm assuming it's somewhat reliable. I got 112 on it.
      That's average...I think.
      I think IQ tests are logic puzzles.
      Idk, it could just be me who thinks this way.

  • @amansinghal2431
    @amansinghal2431 Před 4 lety +123

    0:20 Here in india the education system is like... "hey this kid is super intelligent let's give him all the resources and take the money from the kid who is struggling "

    • @cristianvillanueva8782
      @cristianvillanueva8782 Před 4 lety +2

      F

    • @aswathinair5611
      @aswathinair5611 Před 4 lety +4

      This is so true. Help isn't given to those who genuinely need it.

    • @mrs_morrow318
      @mrs_morrow318 Před 4 lety +3

      We only learned from the best...the British 😌✌️

    • @metaparalysis3441
      @metaparalysis3441 Před 3 lety

      or the rest of the world for that matter

    • @pranavkondapalli9306
      @pranavkondapalli9306 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mrs_morrow318 ye and most of us preach all of our holy texts, but when it finally comes to actually adopting the ideals in your life, then its not your ideals anymore

  • @osse1n
    @osse1n Před 4 lety +127

    History is for us to learn from yet we keep repeating the same problems - cyclical occurrence

    • @Linus89
      @Linus89 Před 4 lety +1

      But THIS time it will be different! Promise!

    • @vasudevraghav2109
      @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Linus89 true it will be worse..... 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @vasudevraghav2109
      @vasudevraghav2109 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Linus89 but seriously..... We will try our best to be better ☺️

    • @gurug9797
      @gurug9797 Před 4 lety

      Believing the false history of those that write it is a mistake too

  • @johnchoi2901
    @johnchoi2901 Před 4 lety +5

    Man, I love this channel! TED- Ed videos are so informative and so instructional. I feel like I always learn new things from their videos.

  • @am32074
    @am32074 Před rokem +2

    had a psychology lecture on the topic of "history of intelligence tests" came here for a visual representation. really appreciated the effort put into these lessons!

  • @ayeletnechmad3874
    @ayeletnechmad3874 Před 4 lety +1

    Beautiful video and super interesting! I'm kinda amazed at how the used color pallet on this video is so small and it came out so pretty and clean

  • @SilverCraft15987
    @SilverCraft15987 Před 4 lety +9

    You guys rock! Please keep posting more! Your videos are informative and amazing to watch. I learn something new and exciting with each video and I believe it helps me to increase my capacity to think in ways I couldn't have done alone. Thank you :D

  • @xavierrodriguez8432
    @xavierrodriguez8432 Před 4 lety +54

    Reminds me of the movie “The Thinning” where you were judged/killed based on your test score.

    • @josephbrennan370
      @josephbrennan370 Před 4 lety +14

      Don't bring up that cringy film. I get your point though.

    • @lucasreid5459
      @lucasreid5459 Před 4 lety +1

      Uh oh, logan paul? Def not.

    • @vadimgrishchuk4234
      @vadimgrishchuk4234 Před 4 lety +7

      The book was good, idk about the movie. If Logan Paul’s in it it probably sucks

    • @awts..7954
      @awts..7954 Před 4 lety +2

      Nah man it reminds of Promised Neverland where 23 kids are stuck in a farm and they don't know it until two of one of the smartest and eldest kids find out.
      Go check it out, i don't wanna reveal some spoilers here

    • @supergalaxycrazykillerpsyc3079
      @supergalaxycrazykillerpsyc3079 Před 3 lety

      Dont tell me its that logan paul movie

  • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
    @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 Před 3 lety +148

    This isn't a dark history of a test, it's a dark history of government eugenics.

    • @jesseshaver2262
      @jesseshaver2262 Před rokem +2

      Intelligence matters

    • @intensementpodcast
      @intensementpodcast Před rokem

      i agree, this is a dark title, also known as clickbait title!

    • @ledam2654
      @ledam2654 Před rokem

      @jesse shaver IQ tests are no indication of intelligence, sorry. There are brilliant and average and below-average people in terms of intelligence in all groups and all tribes.

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 Před rokem +1

      @@ledam2654 your 2nd sentence is non sequitur to the 1st. you have no clue, sorry.

    • @ledam2654
      @ledam2654 Před rokem

      @@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 And IQ tests only showcase how well someone can take an IQ test. They, again, are no indication of intelligence. Sorry.

  • @michaelscofield2652
    @michaelscofield2652 Před 3 lety +6

    Judge people by their actions and accomplishments. Not by a test.

  • @YoyIeCake
    @YoyIeCake Před 4 lety +153

    Clicked on a link to an IQ Test
    I got Rickrolled

  • @cindyzhao5828
    @cindyzhao5828 Před 4 lety +5

    Can we for a sec just appreciate how TEDed has been improving their animation every episode (not that it wasn't already great)

  • @Heart2HeartBooks
    @Heart2HeartBooks Před 4 lety +13

    Entered a private school in 1970 at the age of 11, and took the Binet test.
    After two years I took the Binet test again.
    I.Q. was 30 points higher.
    I was in a classroom with 9 students and two teachers. One had a Ph.d and the other a Masters.
    Environment can indeed have a positive effect on one's intellect.

    • @DIVAD291
      @DIVAD291 Před 3 lety +4

      But to dismiss any inherent biological differences on the basis that other things have an effect is dangerous nonsense.

  • @vedaryan334
    @vedaryan334 Před 4 lety +7

    Why is the voice of all Ted ed narrators so soothing

  • @koiysa9274
    @koiysa9274 Před 4 lety +20

    Another interesting and beautifully animated/directed lesson! Thanks, Ted-Ed!

  • @mrscitech8247
    @mrscitech8247 Před 4 lety +38

    Did you know;
    "The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields. ..."

    • @ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou
      @ClownDollThatHasContemptForYou Před 4 lety +5

      Why did they make it that long?

    • @thundersheild926
      @thundersheild926 Před 4 lety +12

      Ah, yes. Football fields. The best measurement unit.

    • @snockos6263
      @snockos6263 Před 4 lety +2

      Scrolled down to see this~ well that was random and not too related to the subject, but cool fact ( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• )( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• )( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• )

    • @artemtsarevskiy2785
      @artemtsarevskiy2785 Před 4 lety +2

      Thanks for increasing my IQ

    • @pyb6
      @pyb6 Před 4 lety

      Omg

  • @beit140
    @beit140 Před 4 lety +4

    As a novice after effect user, I'm terrified by the amount of layers of the work and the effort the went into this video. Damn.

  • @jocabulous
    @jocabulous Před 4 lety +38

    3:00 everybody gangsta till you get an iq of 3

  • @mariamm9400
    @mariamm9400 Před 4 lety +105

    To think I paid attention to my IQ which made me miserable 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @Edude117
      @Edude117 Před 4 lety +3

      What was your IQ?

    • @ArnieOcfemia
      @ArnieOcfemia Před 4 lety +2

      IQ does not measure your success, only your intelligence. Best advice is not to look at your results or if better, don't do an IQ Test at all.
      (I hope I did not miss a joke or anything. I hope.)

    • @Edude117
      @Edude117 Před 4 lety +14

      @@ArnieOcfemia There is actually a very strong correlation between childhood IQ and success later in life.

    • @kissmyaxe9121
      @kissmyaxe9121 Před 4 lety +2

      When I took the test it came is 138
      Made me feel like a genius for a while but I’m pretty sure it was fake

    • @crispyein8601
      @crispyein8601 Před 4 lety +16

      Juzer Morudwala If an iq test is online, it’s usually fake. But don’t worry about it too much, as people across the intelligence bell curve can all be very successful

  • @chimi8167
    @chimi8167 Před 4 lety +94

    Wait for someone comment here to end up in r/imverysmart

  • @ashr941
    @ashr941 Před 3 lety +1

    im learning more from ted ed and other educational channels on youtube during quarantine than i did all of this year in high school

  • @traqueliacooper5132
    @traqueliacooper5132 Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome study, well presented. Thanks 4 taking time sharing.

  • @ShuvroArafat
    @ShuvroArafat Před 4 lety +4

    I loved the animation. Big hands of applause for the animation team.

  • @timezone5259
    @timezone5259 Před 4 lety +13

    There should be a video on history vs standardized testing

  • @brandontingley7059
    @brandontingley7059 Před 2 lety +14

    There are a lot of different types of IQ tests out there. Some on them I score very high on, some not so high. I have a phd in astrophysics and was always one of the top students in every class without really studying, so I know what I got upstairs. That said, if you ask me to flip shapes and match patterns for an hour, I'm not going to score that high.

  • @gostudypeople
    @gostudypeople Před 2 lety +6

    This channel has so so much knowledge . Like about almost everything lol

  • @jijov.j1545
    @jijov.j1545 Před 4 lety +49

    Please Ted ed , make a video about
    " JOHN F. KENNEDY" vs history

    • @Blizzty
      @Blizzty Před 4 lety +1

      Up

    • @Raccon_Detective.
      @Raccon_Detective. Před 3 lety +1

      Agreed it was so scripted. let me explain two agents chosen a route where the car had to stop.And the street had a lot of buildings with and they didn't put a guard for every window.

  • @satendra_sharma
    @satendra_sharma Před 4 lety +53

    *"School exams!"*

  • @kindnessfirst9670
    @kindnessfirst9670 Před 3 lety +9

    I was given my first IQ test in 7th grade in my 2nd year of public school back in 1974. It was administered to select me for the "academically talented" group the following year where they had us skip some years subjects and combine others- enabling us to graduate high school a year earlier. However no one noticed, in all my years of schooling, that I was severely dyslexic. I was diagnosed at age 50 after I commented to my Dr. that I still couldn't spell my brother Brian's name correctly.

  • @JayN_101
    @JayN_101 Před 4 lety +19

    "People who boast about their IQ are losers"
    ~Stephen Hawking

    • @tyrelgoldberg661
      @tyrelgoldberg661 Před 4 lety +6

      Anyone how boast about anything that would make him feel better than other people is an ashole.

  • @lydia1718
    @lydia1718 Před 4 lety +10

    Another amazing video as always :DD

    • @enriquesuarez7113
      @enriquesuarez7113 Před 3 lety

      this video is telling what people want to hear by sugar coating the truth, IQ is the best modern indicator of intelligence we have until today. This is backed up by a lot of sicologist and professors like Jordan poterson himself. But people don't want to believe it cause its not a pretty thing to believe

  • @coastalsailor
    @coastalsailor Před 4 lety +3

    the graphic designer on this did an amazing job!

  • @squite133
    @squite133 Před 4 lety +6

    “A person is always better to be wise than smart , no matter what choices you make your interactions and how u get around things will only determine your life”
    -me a non famous person

  • @icemans1matedude339
    @icemans1matedude339 Před rokem +4

    I don’t know my own IQ and honestly I don’t mind keeping it that way. The number does not represent how capable i am to achieve the goals i set for myself

    • @Politictrolerandenthusiast
      @Politictrolerandenthusiast Před rokem

      Yes it does. It's actually a big factor on how fast and easier your gonna get your goals. Although it truly dependant on how much motivation you have to reach your goals

  • @mob7601
    @mob7601 Před 4 lety +139

    I can understand IQ without testing.
    A B O U T 85

  • @bclarkphoto
    @bclarkphoto Před 4 lety +4

    Love the artwork in this video.... there is a nice Hergé feel to the characters.

  • @chaoticbluebry
    @chaoticbluebry Před 4 lety +1

    Love the visual design of this video!

  • @amfsharprock4203
    @amfsharprock4203 Před 3 lety

    i got to say this channel has helped me alot and my brain is always aching to watch more of this

  • @user-sn2vy2pk1o
    @user-sn2vy2pk1o Před 4 měsíci +4

    Of course its works for them,who designed that tests

  • @NitemareMoon
    @NitemareMoon Před 4 lety +126

    Science: here’s some proven data and methodology we developed to help people :)
    Authority: yesss.... but what if use it to uhm... discriminate?
    Science: oh no :(

    • @mouwersor
      @mouwersor Před 4 lety +10

      Imagine if there was a gene that made people psychopaths, would you want to detect it and stop people with that gene from procreating?

    • @mehdiouabas9587
      @mehdiouabas9587 Před 4 lety +9

      @@mouwersor I don't think there is a gene for that

    • @mehdiouabas9587
      @mehdiouabas9587 Před 4 lety +3

      @@mouwersor Fixing a problème is better then removing it

    • @mouwersor
      @mouwersor Před 4 lety +5

      @@mehdiouabas9587 How do you think one fixes such a problem? Removing that gene out of the gene pool of course. What are the drawbacks?

    • @DeoMachina
      @DeoMachina Před 4 lety +8

      @Improvement Impala He just doesn't think they'd ever come after him

  • @hellogoodbyeandallinbetween

    Great animation and educational session as always

  • @marconarvaez1298
    @marconarvaez1298 Před 4 měsíci

    This was an awesome video. Thank you TED-Ed!!

  • @rupakrokade
    @rupakrokade Před 4 lety +8

    IQ tests, if you make good use of it, can help identify natural abilities, interests as well as weakness. They could help save years of struggle and can tell what should one do to be at their best.

  • @MicahBuzanMUSIC
    @MicahBuzanMUSIC Před 2 lety +44

    I have a sort of low IQ score. I never went to college. But I taught my self animation and now run my own business. Doing well on IQ tests just means you are good at IQ tests. It has almost nothing to do with your creative capacity.

    • @necrom4454
      @necrom4454 Před 2 lety +1

      It actually does have allot to do with your self taught learning and adaptation. Knowing you learned animation on your own and were score to run a business alone, I'm guessing you have a write high IQ

    • @octave11thpianist58
      @octave11thpianist58 Před 2 lety +1

      Good for you, you worked hard and you became successful. IQ tests though are probably the best at testing the creativity of a person that isn't either self report or those "think of a use or all of the possibilities" tests. Though there are people who score high in IQ tests who aren't creative at all. It's just that creative people are intelligent. The notion that you're just good at an IQ test and nothing else is false and ignores the century of literature that's been comparing the academic/career success to many tested populations. Is this evidence not enough? Or right, it's also found that IQ correlates to other aspects of cognitive abilities which you might consider as pieces of "intelligence." It's a definitional matter if you want to go down that path, but it's been found that higher IQ people have higher processing speeds (There's a .25 correlation between IQ and reaction time), score generally higher on all aspects of intelligence (ex. spatial reasoning, working memory, logic, verbal intelligence. People with higher IQs are also more capable of keeping more factors inside their minds, which if you think about it makes a huge difference in the real world or on IQ tests.

    • @Entergalactic
      @Entergalactic Před rokem +2

      @@octave11thpianist58 but there isn’t one universal iq test you know, it’s different for different fields lol

    • @octave11thpianist58
      @octave11thpianist58 Před rokem

      @@Entergalactic Yes there is variability between different subintelligences

    • @BugsBunny-of6bi
      @BugsBunny-of6bi Před měsícem

      Iq test only boost people ego. Lmao prisoner in chain actually think they are deep that's why some are desperate in defending there position.

  • @crazyhuman911
    @crazyhuman911 Před 4 lety +1

    I know it is not related to the subject of the video but your voice is so pleasing

  • @justachillingcat
    @justachillingcat Před 4 lety +1

    This channel teaches me WAY more then school

  • @xtian4584
    @xtian4584 Před 4 lety +6

    As a psychology major, I can say that this topic is explained quite perfectly
    *Army Alpha*
    *Army Beta*

  • @IronMongoose1
    @IronMongoose1 Před 4 lety +8

    For a more nuanced discussion of the Flynn effect, see James Flynn's TED Talk.

  • @zoebillau2665
    @zoebillau2665 Před 4 lety +1

    I love the animation on this one!

  • @MALAYALAMPSCCORNER
    @MALAYALAMPSCCORNER Před 4 lety

    Impressed these kinds of videos ...Well explained

  • @fettersofdromi
    @fettersofdromi Před 2 lety +10

    It's not the test that's bad, but how people are using it. It should have been kept in its original purpose, to help kids by figuring out where they may struggle. That said, I would have been sterilized in Virginia in 1924.

  • @riza2415
    @riza2415 Před 3 lety +10

    “Don’t let an iq test determine your success in life”

  • @philthurman9553
    @philthurman9553 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for creating this amazing video :D😁

  • @jeremiah2577
    @jeremiah2577 Před 2 lety

    Love the animations, you make Learning fun!

  • @57thorns
    @57thorns Před rokem +5

    The first thing to know about IQ is that you can increase your score by at least 20 points through training.
    The second is that IQ scores increases in countries that improve their school system. (mentioned in the video, along with other factors that improve learning like affordable and available health care)
    It works well as a "general knowledge" screening, but that is about it.
    I suspect you could use IQ tests to compare different groups in a country and see if there is systematic biases against certain groups, given that we would expect any random grouping not based on academic results to be unbiased. (Things like skin tone or gender comes to mind.)

  • @catandcomparator
    @catandcomparator Před 4 lety +9

    The best iq test is how many ted ed riddles you get right

  • @sethzimmerman281
    @sethzimmerman281 Před 2 lety

    I’ve been hung up on this lately and this video is helping.

  • @JamieHumeCreative
    @JamieHumeCreative Před rokem +1

    When we ASSUME... this presentation certainly explains a great deal about many of our current misconceptions about intelligence.

  • @maxcermus13
    @maxcermus13 Před 4 lety +14

    What do you mean? i AM the dark history of IQ test.

    • @apollo10yearsago66
      @apollo10yearsago66 Před 4 lety

      You haven't seen nothing yet 🤣💀💀💀

    • @GargamelGold
      @GargamelGold Před 4 lety

      Alexandra Baker,
      So using an IQ test to justify racism, forced sterilization and murder are not dark?

  • @marinany3089
    @marinany3089 Před 3 lety +5

    As far as I know it wasn’t a IQ test that was used for the selection of army in US, it was a personality test which is something totally different. The Flyn effect is based on the lack of new norms. A large group of people must be tested to determine the norm. It is highly possible that IQ of 100 is no longer the average and that the distribution has grown larger.

  • @niuipyenagar7813
    @niuipyenagar7813 Před 4 lety +1

    I looooove the color palette used in this video!!!

  • @nithinravi4401
    @nithinravi4401 Před 3 lety +1

    This channel is gold !!!

  • @ameliasmith5129
    @ameliasmith5129 Před 4 lety +22

    Hi ! I did get trough an IQ test (yeah a real expensive one, with psychatrist and all the stuf) so if you came across this video and if you have further questions I may be able to help you.
    Should precise that I passed it in France, and in french (because... i'm french) at the age of 13, so my answers could not be absolutly accurate but I'll do my best

    • @kck.Schrodinger13
      @kck.Schrodinger13 Před 4 lety

      How could you take an iq test? Should you have a specific reason to take it, can you take it just because you want to?

    • @kck.Schrodinger13
      @kck.Schrodinger13 Před 4 lety +2

      Oh. I just thought it would be cool to take one too, but I'm broke...

    • @assiav6790
      @assiav6790 Před 4 lety

      I come from Belgium and I also did two when I was 5 and then 9, I had skipped a year the first time and we considered skipping another one but it never happened bc too much complications.

    • @eaglesvictim560
      @eaglesvictim560 Před 4 lety

      Wow you got through it so cool

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino Před 4 lety

      Amelia Smith how can you pass an iq test

  • @MrDDiRusso
    @MrDDiRusso Před 2 lety +4

    I HAVE GOOD NEWS!
    MY IQ TEST CAME BACK NEGATIVE!

  • @folieablue
    @folieablue Před 3 lety +3

    me and many friends who are neurodiverse and have learning disabilities were refused support in high school because we scored high on an iq test, i ended up dropping out of school because of it. the systems in place have an incredible detrimental affect on students yet they are still the standard

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 Před 3 lety

      Then why dont you get help for it. If you dont go out of your way to compensate for any inability, thats your fault. I got ADHD, and atleast put effort to get counselling and medication. How tf were you refused support too. Is your school that underfunded it cant afford another paycheck for an EA?

  • @Viren21
    @Viren21 Před 4 lety +6

    Thanks Ted-Ed you reminded me of my "below average" result :(. Now i know it shouldnt be compared to other people especially, my classmates.