Only General Knowledge Geniuses Will Ace This 36-Question School Test

Actually when we (psychometrists/psychologists) do full IQ tests we usually include a component that assesses existing knowledge. If you are doing an overall intelligence test you want to know if the person is able to function in their surroundings. If someone is able to assort cubes into specific objects or replicate bead patterns that is good, but it doesn't tell us how the person does in day to day life, which is also important. The majority of standardised IQ tests are good predictors of how well you'll do in school. "The purpose of an IQ test is always to compare an individual with the group to which they belong, for example their compatriots. On the other hand, it makes no sense to compare two different populations: there is currently no tool that can do this. In the past, some initiatives aimed to develop culture-independent tests whose results would not depend on the country. But this is impossible because intelligence cannot develop outside of culture."