The Predictive Value of IQ

• DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2001.0005
• Publication Date: 2007-02-07T02:44:57Z
• Authors: Robert J. Sternberg; Elena Grigorenko; Donald A. Bundy
• Keywords: Value (mathematics); Affect

This article reviews findings on the predictive validity of psychometric tests intelligence. The is divided into five major parts. In first part, issues with which deals are introduced. second we discuss what psychologists can learn about intelligence from results obtained in established market economies. Intelligence quotient (IQ) considered relation to educational achievement, employment prospects and wealth generation, career outcomes, well-being. third (primarily for infants children) that yield IQ scores discussed. fourth constraints presented interpretations findings, including cross-cultural issues. We conclude conventional be useful but only if they interpreted very carefully, taking account factors affect them, conjunction other measures.