Looking at the scoring system at: http://www.cbc.ca/testthenation/takethetest/ttn_scorecard.pdf
for the full test available after this Sunday, I was surprised to see that the norms distinguish between ages of 16-24, 25-34, 35-54 and 55+. For example, if you get 34 correct, that would be 93 for a 20 year old, a 96 for a 40 year old, a 100 for a 50 year old and a 108 for a 60 year old. So what is average for a 50 year old is better than average for a 60 year old and worse than average for 20 and 40 year olds. It's like they expect a slow downhill march from 24 on (although this may not be true at all score levels). I didn't think the most common IQ tests made such age distinctions among adult performance levels. Is this common today? Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/hss/faculty/rfroman.asp "Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart." - Ulysses Everett McGill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:25 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Are you a smarty pants? Fun test, allegedly designed by real psychologists at the University of Trent (Ontario) on behalf of the Canuck people's television network. Humiliate yourself (I know I did) and possibly engage your students. Just make sure you know more than 10 words for snow. http://www.cbc.ca/testthenation/ and go to "Warm up in the mental gym" Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
