I.

main idea
A. supporting idea
1. Details or example
i. Information

I.

The history of IQ, the creator of the first intelligence test, Alfred Binet
A. Why was Alfred Binet chosen for this task
1. Mention who Alfred Binet was and his capabilities
i. Mention that he did not create the modern day test just that he
was the first to create a human intelligence test and incorporate it with age
(intelligence quotient)
2. Discover who took the first IQ test
i. How did this individual test?
ii. Why was he/she chosen
3. How many years of research it took to develop an intelligence test
i. How well was the test funded?
B. Why was the IQ test even invented
A. Expand upon the need for intelligence
i.

Use the example of intelligence not needed 100 years prior

B. Why was a man/woman all of a sudden held to a standard of testing?

ii. Was the person judged from the test or from their other random
abilities?

II.

Why IQ was created and what it is to measure?

A. The introduction of IQ to society
1. Where were tests prior to this?
i. How were they used
ii. What did they use to judge before?
iii. Why was the test incorporated into the learning system as a way to
test knowledge?
B. Measurement Data from 100 years ago
2. How had that data changed?

i. Use data to draw ideas and examples

III.

What are the personal opinions of the IQ test? How about SAT and ACT test?
A. What is the public opinion of IQ test
1. Mention where I collected my sources and provide an interview (video)
i. use examples from yahoo
ii. Use popular websites to analyze the opinion
B. Does public opinion necessarily change the value of the test?
2. Value versus Opinion
i. Dont really know how to proceed with this one :/

IV.

How do people who scored well on the test fair later in life?
A. List success stories
1. Provide information about young savants who did well on the test
i. Example of how they had unique opportunities
ii. Did they receive better schooling?
B. Trace the lives of people who did fair on the test
i. Examples of the type of jobs they are working
ii. Be careful how I measure success
C. Trace the lives of those who did poor on the test
2. This can be and will be a strong argument on how IQ testing is harmful
i. mention eugenics
ii. when you score beneath 80 on the IQ test example
iii. public education system paired with the IQ test

V. What social-economic factors change scores?

A. How does living in an abusive home change scores

i. Provide research from pediatric journal

ii. Is the difference significant?
B. Discuss how IQ can be genetically determined
1. This can be very dangerous in the wrong hands, especially with eugenics in the 1960s
i. Genetic now have a greater value to society
ii. Effect of being determined from birth

VI. What are the emotional effects from scoring well, and doing poor on a test?
A. Low scores and depression study
1. This how I linked tests to identity
i. test can definitely summon emotional responses
ii. They can act as roadblocks in our lives
B. Tests can create increased confidence study
i. better than you mentality
ii. Does this test become so important it becomes a part of your identity
(analogous to a person getting a doctorate degree and becoming a doctor forever)

VII. How do these effects shape identity?

A. The effects of tests on identity
1. My final point and purpose of this assignment
i. how many identities can be created from tests, loser, handworker, perfect, a
lot
ii. Does emotional response conjure a change in identity?
iii. As I construct the ones above and carry out more research I will be able to
synergize the different parts to create a better example in this section than now
My mentor: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sir-ken-robinson/do-schools-killcreativity_b_2252942.html