Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Daily Stat: What Is IQ? Money Talks

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June 05, 2013

What Is IQ? Money Talks


People who were told they would get 0.10 euro to 1 euro for each correct answer on an IQ test scored up to 6% higher than those who didn't get such rewards, suggesting that IQ numbers are a matter of motivation as well as intelligence, says a team led by Lex Borghans of Maastricht University in the Netherlands. The rewards prompted participants to invest more time on the questions, leading to better performance. The amount of money didn't matter as much as the mere presence of an incentive.

SOURCE: The importance of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for measuring IQ


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