Is intelligence Inherited: A Brief History of IQ Test and What Makes Us Smart

Abstract

Intelligence and how it is perceived was always a matter of debate throughout history. Several hypotheses gave the genes the lion’s share of one’s intelligence while others accounted for the high intelligence of someone to its education, environment, and even his mother’s womb. On the other hand, other opinions see that someone’s intelligence isn’t even measurable and that IQ tests are absurd and mostly biased, with the presence of threshold that is uncrossable to them regarding testing one’s ability and skill. However, research has shown all the previous points of view can be right and wrong at the same time.