A Valid Culture-Fair Test of Intelligence

Abstract

The question the present research addressed was whether a racially unbiased test of the ability to process information would predict how well young adults succeed in college classes. The technical barrier overcome was that current theories of intelligence are based on an assumption that all those taking IQ tests have had equal opportunity for exposure to the information being tested. Thus, past efforts to develop an intelligence test that is culture-air have not been successful. The significance of the research is that it provides further evidence to evaluate a theory that defines intelligence as information processing ability (Fagan, 1992, 2000). Current research on a theory of intelligence as information processing finds racial differences in IQ to be due to cultural factors. A test of information processing is the first valid, culture-air test of intelligence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA479963

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  • Joseph F. Fagan

Organizations

  • Case Western Reserve University

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  • Biomedical

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  • African Americans
  • Army Personnel
  • Contracts
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Genetics
  • Health Services
  • Information Processing
  • Instructors
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Minority Groups
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • United States

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