The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians

Every 30 years or so, there is an increase of approximately 10-20 points in the population IQ; this appears to be a universal finding. Known as the Flynn effect, it is regarded as a largely artefactual situation because there is no evidence for a true transgenerational increase in intelligence. The...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Andrade, Chittaranjan, Jamuna, N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2004
Materias:
Current Themes & Opinions
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21408044
_version_ 1782187609961791488
author Andrade, Chittaranjan
Jamuna, N
author_facet Andrade, Chittaranjan
Jamuna, N
author_sort Andrade, Chittaranjan
collection PubMed
description Every 30 years or so, there is an increase of approximately 10-20 points in the population IQ; this appears to be a universal finding. Known as the Flynn effect, it is regarded as a largely artefactual situation because there is no evidence for a true transgenerational increase in intelligence. The Flynn effect makes problematic, the use of IQ tests to compare individuals across generations and the use of IQ tests, the norms of which were obtained in previous decades. The Flynn effect is important to India because IQ test results have many legal and financial implications. Regrettably, most tests that have been standardized for use in India have norms that are decidedly outdated. Restandardization of important IQ tests is urgently required.
format Text
id pubmed-2949933
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2004
publisher Medknow Publications
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-29499332011-03-15 The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians Andrade, Chittaranjan Jamuna, N Indian J Psychiatry Current Themes & Opinions Every 30 years or so, there is an increase of approximately 10-20 points in the population IQ; this appears to be a universal finding. Known as the Flynn effect, it is regarded as a largely artefactual situation because there is no evidence for a true transgenerational increase in intelligence. The Flynn effect makes problematic, the use of IQ tests to compare individuals across generations and the use of IQ tests, the norms of which were obtained in previous decades. The Flynn effect is important to India because IQ test results have many legal and financial implications. Regrettably, most tests that have been standardized for use in India have norms that are decidedly outdated. Restandardization of important IQ tests is urgently required. Medknow Publications 2004 /pmc/articles/PMC2949933/ /pubmed/21408044 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Current Themes & Opinions
Andrade, Chittaranjan
Jamuna, N
The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians
title The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians
title_full The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians
title_fullStr The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians
title_full_unstemmed The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians
title_short The Flynn Effect: An Alert to Clinicians
title_sort flynn effect: an alert to clinicians
topic Current Themes & Opinions
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2949933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21408044
work_keys_str_mv AT andradechittaranjan theflynneffectanalerttoclinicians
AT jamunan theflynneffectanalerttoclinicians
AT andradechittaranjan flynneffectanalerttoclinicians
AT jamunan flynneffectanalerttoclinicians

Ejemplares similares