Why Undergraduates' Average IQ Has Dropped by 17 Points Since 1939?
With IQs ranging from 115 to 130, it is sometimes stated that college students are noticeably smarter than the general population. However, such "truth" is terribly outdated, as a group of Canadian experts noted in a recently published summary of an analytical study . Why Undergraduates' Average IQ Has Dropped by 17 Points Since 1939? The meta-analysis, which was carried out by psychologist and Mount Royal University lecturer Bob Uttl , first author, and co-authors Victoria Viola and Lacey Gibson, combined data from several studies that measured college students' IQ between 1939 and 2022. The findings indicate that college students' IQs have gradually dropped from an average of 119 to 102 today, which is only marginally higher than the population average of 100. To put it briefly, people who are not in college are not any smarter than the general public. Education levels are increasing There are various reasons why this discovery is intriguing. Firstly, the ...