Well, IQ tests were developed by Binet in Paris around 1900 to do what we
protest: measure the intelligence of children. It was ol' whats-his-name
who used it to test US army inductees at the start of the US involvement
in WWI. He found that half of the inductees had an IQ below the median
(really, that was the way he presented it) and use his results to
encourage eugenics laws in the US.....David
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David Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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Center on Disability Studies....maximizing individual
potential by encouraging independence, self-determination,
and full participation in the community.
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