Do you think I.Q. tests accurately reflect a person's intelligence?

Jonathan Freimann
Freshman
Political Science
"Not really. They only measure one type of intelligence. You can be intelligent in a number of different ways. You can be intelligent when it comes to flying a plane, making a sale or traditional academics. I.Q. tests only measure the latter."

Sebastian Mitchell
Senior
Economics
"Yes. It can measure how productive they will be. I've read a lot about it. For instance, take two busboys and the one with the highest I.Q. is more productive, and that's what is important."

Betsy Ackerman
Senior
Biology
"No, I don't think it does. My understanding is no that they don't. They are biased."

Joseph Quash
Junior
Chemistry
"No, I do not feel I.Q. tests accurately reflect a person's intelligence. Determining intelligence is very vague because someone may be very street-smart but may not be well versed in biology or physics. Also, the test itself may be racially biased."

Stacy Pernell
Psychology, Pre-medicine
"I don't think so. I think it's based on one's experiences. I think I.Q. tests are biased because you can have somebody from an inner city that hasn't been introduced to the types of questions on that test and not do well. But you can have somebody from that same environment take it and do well because they've been introduced to it."