Intelligence tests have been around for a century and were popular with government departments.

流传一个世纪的力试颇受政府部门的推崇。

26. Which of the following may be required in an intelligence test?

26. 以下哪一项可能出现在力试中？

IELTS is not an intelligence test, it's not a test of your knowledge.

雅思考试不是试，试的不是你的知识面。

And then they have to do intelligence tests afterwards, memory test after those primes.

影射后，他们接受了力试及记忆力试。

Those who preferred waiting and getting more money later had better scores on intelligence tests.

结果显示，那些更愿意等待并稍后获更多钱的人在力试中分更高。

Eight and a half hours of aptitude tests, intelligence tests, personality tests, and what do I learn?

8个半钟头的能力验 力验和人格验 结果我知道了什么？

Eight and a half hours of aptitude tests..., intelligence tests, personality tests, and what do I learn?

8个半小时的验， 力验，个验，我了解了什么？

Lewis Terman, developer of intelligence tests, for example, dreamed of psychology as “a science of human engineering” in the 1920s.

举例来说，力验的开发者路易斯·推曼在1920年代将心理学设想为人体工程学。

That's my intelligence test, the date of your birth.

这是我的力试，就是你的出生日期。

The same question can be made into a fair intelligence test questions.

同样的问题可以做成公平的力验题。

So, say the goal is to do better on an intelligence test.

所以，假设目标是在力试中做更好。

… intelligence tests, personality tests, and what do I learn?

力验 个验 我了解了什么？

In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language.

20世纪50年代早期，研究人员发现掌握超过一门语言的人在力试上分更低。

And actually, it's those extremes that intelligence tests are most widely and effectively used for.

实际上，力试最广泛和有效地用于那些极端情况。

These questions are similar to what you'd find on today's most widely-used intelligence tests.

这些问题类似于您在当今最广泛使用的力验中发现的问题。

Performances in intelligence tests declined slightly from the eldest child to his or her younger siblings.

在试中的成绩会随着出生顺序的先后而稍微下降。

To do this, he devises intelligence tests which have several parts, each part measuring a different ability.

为此， 他设计了由多个部分组成的力试，每个部分量不同的能力。

So, how do we know if an intelligence test, or any other test for that matter, is actually any good?

那么，我们如何知道一项力试或任何其他与此相关的试是否真的有用呢？

Professor Flynn analysed US intelligence tests from the last 65 years and correlated the results with people's ages. This enabled him to compile new IQ 'age tables'.

弗林教授分析了美国过去65年的力试，研究了试结果与年龄的相关。通过这项研究，他编制了新的“年龄表”。

And this factor is known as " G." Now, there's, again, an extensive history of modern intelligence tests and what's really interesting is the tests now.

这个因子被称为“G” 。现在，现代力试又有一段悠久的历史， 真正有趣的是现在的试。