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Intelligence Quotient, Emotional Quotient  

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8/16/2012 12:16 am
Intelligence Quotient, Emotional Quotient

IQ, EQ.

I feel strongly there should be a really important third one, namely Trauma [B]Quotient, as I have seen it both in myself, and with my own eyes in others, not once, over and over, so TQ.

If someone has had their IQ tested when they were comfortable about their life, and indicated a high IQ, then some kind of trauma happened to them, their IQ would drop, and they could end up talking as if they were borderline stupid, or sometimes more stupid than the stupid.

Psychology students already know that IQ tests are relative. That's a fact. If you give an IQ test written for a white Caucasian living in a rich city to an Arab nomad wandering in the desert, then he is likely to "fail" or appear to have a very low IQ. What they don't mention is that if you gave an IQ test written for a Chinese farmer to a white Caucasian, not only would the white Caucasian present as having a low IQ, they'd probably present as an idiot.

Psychology students know that IQ tests must be written with the whole test population in mind, for them to have any relevance at all. Fresh questions of the same calibre also need to be presented at any time that the test subjects need to resit the test, or sit it at a later date than the rest of the test population if there is a chance of "cheating".

I have never suggested that IQ tests did not have issues, however they can give an indication of the levels of problem solving ability in people if used correctly. Like all other tests, they just need to be prepared to suit the situation.

If they or the other Emotional Quotient tests are used, then the Trauma factor needs to be considered also. The reason it needs to be considered is because totally together and sane people can become blubbering idiots if presented with drama, and seem as if they never had any brains. However if you bother to ask questions of these people, and do some homework on them, you discover that if they suffered trauma at some stage, then before that, they were often quite normal and functional.

If this is important, then something very different also needs to be considered, and that is that the person with a high Trauma Quotient, (and that's pretty easy to work out if one asks questions and they are willing to answer) needs lots of consideration and understanding.

That is the most important thing, that people are considered in relation to what they have been through, and not just treated as if they should be normal at all times.

Just another thought of mine.

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