IQ is commonly disregarded as relevant. Many of my acquaintances who have 1) taken a intro to psych class, 2) psych majors, or 3) social work majors (who inevitably have been required to take several psych classes at a minimum) just don’t seem to get the importance of IQ. I’m not talking about people who say the IQ test is limited; I refer instead to those who just do not want to acknowledge or are not being taught properly. I think we seriously suffer because of the lack of understanding regarding IQ significance.
Real Life Application
Most must disregard the level of difficulty posed to the upper and lower echelon. Surely both groups struggle in different ways. Is gifted an impairment? Does it end up hurting individuals?
Teaching Comparisons: Upper, Lower 2%
Take two people of the same age: One of the upper and one from the lower echelon. Compare via interview for data about the subjective experience. Optimal presentation of the data would be in live audiovisual form. There are of course ethical concerns but the benefit would be great of teaching such concepts.