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18: Straight Talk about IQ

The Psychology Podcast

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The Struggle to Think Like a Behavior Scientist

I try to think about intelligence in daily life as the kind of intelligence that's measured by IQ test. I would never say that my electrician has electrical intelligence, right? You know, even if he's a really the best electrician in the world, I would say he's aReally good electrician. Unfortunately, there's got to be some limited resources for everyone. We don't have unlimited resources for everyone but you can at the same time just say that like how people score on tests, you know, set some kind of ceiling or rules out possibilities.

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