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    1. IQ test scores are used to determine academic placement and college acceptance in the US, but they are influenced by racial, cultural, and socioeconomic factors. Countries with education-focused cultures like Hong Kong and South Korea have the highest average IQ scores, while African Americans in the US have the lowest. 2. Factors like growing up in poverty, lacking educational resources, or suffering from test anxiety can prevent some students from achieving their full potential on IQ tests. While IQ scores vary between groups, the underlying logical and mathematical concepts are still universal. 3. Differences in average IQ scores among countries and racial or ethnic groups are largely due to environmental factors like culture, education access, and socioeconomic conditions rather than

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    1. IQ test scores are used to determine academic placement and college acceptance in the US, but they are influenced by racial, cultural, and socioeconomic factors. Countries with education-focused cultures like Hong Kong and South Korea have the highest average IQ scores, while African Americans in the US have the lowest. 2. Factors like growing up in poverty, lacking educational resources, or suffering from test anxiety can prevent some students from achieving their full potential on IQ tests. While IQ scores vary between groups, the underlying logical and mathematical concepts are still universal. 3. Differences in average IQ scores among countries and racial or ethnic groups are largely due to environmental factors like culture, education access, and socioeconomic conditions rather than

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    1. IQ test scores are used to determine academic placement and college acceptance in the US, but they are influenced by racial, cultural, and socioeconomic factors. Countries with education-focused cultures like Hong Kong and South Korea have the highest average IQ scores, while African Americans in the US have the lowest. 2. Factors like growing up in poverty, lacking educational resources, or suffering from test anxiety can prevent some students from achieving their full potential on IQ tests. While IQ scores vary between groups, the underlying logical and mathematical concepts are still universal. 3. Differences in average IQ scores among countries and racial or ethnic groups are largely due to environmental factors like culture, education access, and socioeconomic conditions rather than

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    1. IQ test scores are used to determine academic placement and college acceptance in the US, but they are influenced by racial, cultural, and socioeconomic factors. Countries with education-focused cultures like Hong Kong and South Korea have the highest average IQ scores, while African Americans in the US have the lowest. 2. Factors like growing up in poverty, lacking educational resources, or suffering from test anxiety can prevent some students from achieving their full potential on IQ tests. While IQ scores vary between groups, the underlying logical and mathematical concepts are still universal. 3. Differences in average IQ scores among countries and racial or ethnic groups are largely due to environmental factors like culture, education access, and socioeconomic conditions rather than

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    1 Racial & Cultural Differences of IQ Christina Schorpp SLUID: Christina.

    schorpp Location: COL Class: SSC101 Date: July 22, 2012 Word Count: 621

    Racial & Cultural Differences of IQ Here in the United States, we are not judged by physically showing our knowledge, but by our IQ test scores. IQ tests are what we study for, and can ultimately change, and influence, the course of our future. They are a deciding factor in your placement in classes, as well as to you acceptance to college. These tests just simply measure your ability to perform in a high pressure academic situation. Currently, the highest average IQ is Hong Kong followed by; South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and America falling in at number 19. Its believed that test scores differ between college graduates, race and even based on your poverty level. Different cultures have different importance with education. As much as we value it, it is affected by how we are raised and the importance level in which it plays to each individual and family. Other big factors in income are a person's social skills and ambition, together sometimes called Emotional Intelligence (Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations, web). When it comes to religion, it is all based on personal beliefs, and we are not tested by our religious choice. It may affect things that are taught in school, for example: Catholics dont believe in evolution, so they would naturally be opposed to

    2 teaching such things in their schools, instead focusing on more complex proven sciences. Growing up, my parents always said school was important, but they never pushed me or enforced me to with-hold a certain GPA. That ultimately affected how I performed in school. I suffer from test anxiety which is something a lot of people suffer from as well. After a lot of practice and focus, I can retain all the knowledge needed for a test, but when it comes down to it I choke and second guess every answer I make. Elements like this, cause people like me, to not score as high as we are really able to. The average IQ in the United States is usually set at 100. Groups within the US score different average IQ's, such as 115 for college grads or 85 for African-Americans (Intelligence and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations). Some people arent financially able to get the one-on-one help that they need to succeed, which is where poverty comes into play. In some less fortunate countries, and even in our own, youll find that due to a lack of funds, children arent given all the necessary outlets to learn and reach their highest potential. Having books at our fingertips and computers everywhere we go, we are able to tap into extra knowledge sources to stimulate our minds and help boost our education level. The nice thing with IQ testing is that even though they many different variances as to how well you perform, culture, racial and other differences aside, general knowledge and facts are universal. An identical math equation will always have the same outcome regardless of the process we use to get the

    3 answer. Grammar and sentence structure will be different within different countries and languages, but in their own, they will still be universal. All in all, there are different reasons for testing high or low that range from culture, race and personal motivation. Half of the battle is applying oneself to obtain the knowledge. The more drive we have, the more likely we are to succeed in obtaining whats needed to advance.

    4 References
    Sloan, Van. "Average IQ in US and 80 Other Nations." Average IQ in US and 80 Other Nations. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2012. <http://sq.4mg.com/NationIQ.htm>.

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