<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>There is a Wechsler instrument to assess IQ in children used all the time called the WISC. Any psychologist who does psychological assessment on children and/or a school psychologist has one. </div><div><br>On Sep 11, 2015, at 12:19 AM, spike <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">>…</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rafal Smigrodzki<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] re end of world<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:29 PM, spike <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">>…</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please those who are hipsters on the topic, especially those with formal training, BillW: what is the modern thinking on the notion of IQ? </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">…</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">### Not true. IQ has very high test-retest reliability, there are a few well validated instruments (Stanford-Binet, Wechsler and others) that are highly correlated in individuals, and IQ is highly predictive of intellectual achievement, especially at lower to middling-high levels. IQ is as good as it gets in psychometry and precisely for that reason much reviled. Truth hurts<span style="color:#1F497D">…</span> Rafał<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cool thanks Rafal. Do you (or anyone else here) know if they do these kinds of tests for kids? I am looking at the question of having my son tested (he’s 9.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">…</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>extropy-chat mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>