“WHAT IS (g) OR GENERAL INTELLIGENCE?” 1. g is a measure of comparative rate of

“WHAT IS (g) OR GENERAL INTELLIGENCE?”

1. g is a measure of comparative rate of learning, or more correctly rate of information processing.
2. while humans demonstrate something like 80 capabilities, all abilities scale with g.
3. the only substantive variation is the masculine (spatial- symbolic) with the feminine ( verbal-empathic). Not that they do not also scale with g (they do), but that there is value to be had in distinguishing the ratio of verbal and spatial – which is why our SAT’s etc are graded as such (and why tests have been modified to give women an advantage,by lowering the mathematical demands)>
4. we measure g on a distribution with 100 being the average.
5. to compensate for age differences we divide by the age.
6. we update the tests to maintain the average (this is bad, it creates the same problem in intelligence measurement as prices so without reflecting purchasing power parity)
7. we call this the IQ score. Intelligence quotient.
8. we could calculate the g-score against a consistent measure (say 1970, at which point we had pretty consistent data). And separately publish the distribution by age bracket. so you would know your percentile for your peer group. This would be the most accurate. The problem is we take the tests too early. While they’re fairly accurate, the truth is that we don’t really mentally mature until about 22 or so. ANd so it would be more useful if we tested people in order to say, vote, or obtain benefits, or something.