Social inequality and intelligence testing: A critical social psychology perspective

Pages: 938-940
Shreela Misra (Zakir Husian Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Intelligence has always been a widely researched area in psychology and the psychometric approach to intelligence testing has received much attention and importance. The aim of this paper is to understand intelligence from the point of view of critical social psychology. The ideas and assumptions of critical social psychology have been applied to the understanding of intelligence and intelligence testing. The paper is divided into two sections; the first gives an outline of critical social psychology and the next section applies the principles of critical social psychology to the understanding of intelligence.