Can IQ change?
An individual's IQ score is often portrayed as a fixed and unchangeable measure of intelligence. Michael J.A. Howe argues intervention can produce lasting change, but it also needs to take account of a whole range of social circumstances.
CAN a person’s IQ substantially
change? Conflicting answers have
been given. A number of prominent
authorities on intelligence insist that
an individual’s IQ is highly stable and
resists efforts to alter it.
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