> So IQ tests are undoubtedly biased but are still valuable for their
> narrowly-defined purpose. But use them to predict something else--
> say, survival in the high arctic or on the streets of inner-city
> Detroit-- and knowing about sonatas and cheques is unlikely to have
> much predictive power.
> 
to the extent that mastering one skill might reflect the underlying where-with-
all to master that skill and that underlying whatever would be necessary to 
master another skill could well reflect that which we call 'intelligence'.

Annette


Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology
University of San Diego 
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
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