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  2. Flynn effect - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, a study by Flynn (2009) himself found that tests carried out in 1980 and again in 2008 show that the IQ score of an average 14-year-old dropped by more than two points over the period. For the upper half of the results, the performance was even worse. Average IQ scores declined by six points.

  3. American IQ Scores Have Rapidly Dropped, Proving the ... - AOL

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    AmericansIQ scores are trending in a downward direction. In fact, they’ve been falling for over a decade. According to a press release, in studying intelligence testing data from 2006 to ...

  4. Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns - Wikipedia

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    The much-discussed "Flynn effect", which refers to the striking worldwide mean IQ increase over time, seemed too large to have simply reflected increased test sophistication. Possible explanations included improved nutrition and more complex environment. It was also unclear to what degree the IQ increase reflected real gain in intelligence.

  5. Intelligence quotient - Wikipedia

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    An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardized tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence. [1] Originally, IQ was a score obtained by dividing a person's mental age score, obtained by administering an intelligence test, by the person's chronological age, both expressed in terms of years and months.

  6. Why is the American right obsessed with IQ? - AOL

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    LET’S UNPACK THAT: With Trump and his followers repeatedly using ‘low IQ’ as an attack line in this election, Roisin Lanigan explores the ploy of invoking an intelligence scale born of ...

  7. Heritability of IQ - Wikipedia

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    The amount they improved was directly related to the adopting family's socioeconomic status. "Children adopted by farmers and laborers had average IQ scores of 85.5; those placed with middle-class families had average scores of 92. The average IQ scores of youngsters placed in well-to-do homes climbed more than 20 points, to 98." [41] [49]

  8. History of the race and intelligence controversy - Wikipedia

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    A 2010 systematic review by the same research team, along with Jerry S. Carlson, found that compared to American norms, the average IQ of sub-Saharan Africans was about 80. The same review concluded that the Flynn effect had not yet taken hold in sub-Saharan Africa.

  9. US sees highest population growth in over 2 decades. What's ...

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    The estimates also mark a stark contrast to the record low growth rate of 0.2% in 2021, a time when countries were restricting travel because of COVID-19, the U.S. Census Bureau said.