Is there a “general intelligence” that can be measured by tests?

Question

If so, what might be some of the things that you could use as test items that would tap into this general form of intelligence that would not be overly affected by cultural matters?

Why or why not?

Answer 1

Intelligence tests are bashed like crazy, and most harshly by people who don't score well on them, I imagine. But as "culturally insensitive" or controversial as they may be, normal IQ tests do a fairly good job of testing people's logic and reasoning abilities over several domains, assuming there isn't a language barrier.

Logic and reasoning isn't something that is learned in a classroom. It's just something that very intelligent people tend to do well, and less intelligent people take more time to figure out.

People tend to be really sensitive about intelligence. To be intelligent is "good" and to be unintelligent is "bad." Even people with average IQs seem to feel stigmatized. They shouldn't, if you ask me, but they do. So we hear about the idea of "multiple intelligences" like emotional intelligence, musical intelligence, athletic intelligence, etc. More power to these ideas, but IQ type tests are still rather useful in determining how sharp someone is. And like I said, culture only really matters if there's a language barrier.

Answer 2

You could search the net for an IQ test that tests different areas of your mind. You could join a place where I take different tests. Some for fun and some for intellegence. It is called Tickle. http://web.tickle.com/register. It is free and a lot of fun.

Answer 3

NO. The MOST of tmem count the logical intelligence...I mean the ability to understand maths ,and the language knowledges..