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Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition: 16 Testing and Intelligence 1 of 14 Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition 16 Testing and Intelligence 1 01:28:39:07 ZIMBARDO: Can tests really tell us how smart we are, how well adjusted we are, and what goes on in our subconscious minds, or are they unfair barriers, narrowing our definitions of intelligence, competence, and mental health? 2 01:29:00:20 Testing and Intelligence this time on Discovering Psychology . 3 01:29:37:25 ZIMBARDO: Let me ask you a personal question. 4 01:29:40:13 How smart are you? 5 01:29:42:22 One way you could answer is to list your accomplishments, your grades, your job, your possessions. 6 01:29:50:14 Or you might point out all the things youre good at -- anything from solving crossword puzzles to inventing a better mousetrap. 7 01:29:58:15 Or you could give me just one number, your IQ. 8 01:30:02:29 If you say your IQ is 100, youve told me that youre average in certain aspects of intelligence compared to most people. 9 01:30:09:27 That means half the population for which the test was developed will have higher scores than yours and half will have lower. 10 01:30:18:05 But can the richness and complexity of intelligence really be reduced to a number? 11 01:30:22:19 And why do psychologists spend so much time and effort trying to get this number and others like it? 12 01:30:29:00 And perhaps, most importantly, what effect can such numbers have on your life? 13 01:30:33:28 Today were going to try to answer these questions by focusing on the field of psychological assessment. 14