Identify the misuses of Intelligence Tests from the statements given below:-

A. Poor performance on a test may attach a stigma to children thereby affecting their self respect.
B. Intelligence Test predict an individual's success in life.
C. Test may invite discriminating practices from parents and teachers.
D. Intelligence Tests do not capture creative potentialities and practical side of Intelligence.
E. Intelligence tests have no cultural or class bias.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, C, and D only

Intelligence tests serve many useful purposes such as selection, counselling, guidance, self-analysis, and diagnosis. Unless used by a trained investigator, they may be misused either intentionally or unintentionally. Some of the illeffects of intelligence testing by naive testers are:

• Poor performance on a test may attach a stigma to children and thereby adversely affect their performance and self-respect.

• The tests may invite discriminating practices from parents, teachers and elders in the society.

• Administering a test biased in favour of the middle class and higher class populations may underestimate the IQ of children coming from disadvantaged sections of the society.

• Intelligence tests do not capture creative potentialities and practical side of intelligence, and they also do not relate much to success in life. Intelligence can be a potential factor for achievement in various spheres of life.

The other two options rae not correct:

B. Intelligence Test predict an individual's success in life. This is not necessarily a misuse of intelligence tests.

E. Intelligence tests have no cultural or class bias. This is not true. Intelligence tests can be biased against certain cultural and socioeconomic groups. This is because intelligence tests are often standardized on a particular group of people, and the items on the test may reflect the values and experiences of that group. For example, a math test that includes items about baseball may be biased against children who do not come from a culture where baseball is popular.