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A 10 page paper discussing the layers of bias contained in the development of IQ tests. It was nearly a half century ago that professionals began questioning the reliability and validity of IQ tests that existed at the time and began to look more closely at the influences of environment and socioeconomic standing. Emphasis on multiculturalism further contributed to the realization that there was a strong possibility that IQ tests were not measuring what test developers – and those using the results – believed they were measuring. Though there still has been no great improvement in the tests’ abilities to overcome cultural and socioeconomic barriers, it appears that there is greater awareness of the inherent deficiencies of current testing methods. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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File: CC6_KSpsycIQbias.rtf
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"Tennis is to racquet as golf is to: (a) club; (b) strike; (c) bat; (d) swing" (Newman and Smith, 1999) appears to be a straightforward multiple choice question. Tennis
is played with a racquet; the obvious connection is that golf is played with a club. This is a typical question on standard IQ tests administered to children (Newman
and Smith, 1999), and the connection is quite obvious to those children who have had some kind of exposure to both golf and tennis. It can be quite mystifying
to low-income urban children; children in rural areas that have no tennis or golf facilities; or children of other cultures in which neither tennis nor golf is even mildly popular.
Tests comprised of questions such as this one formerly provided the basis for consistent conclusion that white children - and therefore the white
race - were more intelligent than others. Moreover, those from middle- and upper-class backgrounds were more intelligent than those from the working class. This erroneous position persisted for
decades, and continues to be problematic in IQ testing. While it is promising that researchers and test developers are aware that such bias exists, actually eliminating it has been
far more difficult than only recognizing that the problem exists. The Cultural Slant An alternative that has been tested in various settings is
to widely swing the cultural slant of IQ test questions in an opposite direction. As example, a question that Newman and Smith (1999) present is, "Chicano term for the
police: (a) la migra; (b) la chota; (c) el gabacho; (d) el pachuco." Another is a question addressing where the Aztecs migrated from before settling in Mexico City (Newman
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