Reflection 2: Cultural Bias In Intelligence Testing

Reflection 2: Cultural Bias in Intelligence Testing Society today constantly raises the concern for equality which is evident in all parts of the community; women who continually express the desire for men and women to be seen as equals, children with special needs who wish to be considered normal among peers and in school and the discrimination of age which is often challenged in the workplace. Standardized intelligence tests were created to eliminate bias and foster equality among students but are often seen as a way to discriminate by labelling pupils according to test scores and socioeconomic status. This assumption is the result of the idea that failure to produce high scores is a result of “the inability to learn a task rather than

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