Jim KwikFounder, Kwik Brain · Brain Coach

Jim Kwik Explains Why IQ Isn't Everything - The Surprising Truth About Intelligence!

18 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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Jim Kwik argues IQ scores are overvalued and not fixed. He cites Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory, pointing out that standardized tests like the SAT miss visual-spatial intelligence and other forms of thinking that matter just as much.

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I don't think IQ has the value that people give to it. The 2 issues I have with IQ is number one, it's saying that when you take this test, whether you're 6 or 60, it's gonna be the same and it's fixed. And I do not believe that. We've proven that that's not true. Right. And I literally could show anybody how to do better on it because it's just how to learn things. But the other thing is I don't think IQ is an accurate measure of intelligence because even when you look at standardized tests, you know, when we grew up, we took the SATs. That measures verbal intelligence and mathematical intelligence. Important. But it's also saying like, that's all that's important. And there's this theory out of Harvard called multiple intelligence theory by Howard Gardner saying there are way more intelligences. What about visual-spatial intelligence? People who are great artists or architects, that's just as important as anything else.