Defining Intelligence 145 generally is thought of as intelligence. IQ tests have been measuring intelligence for decades with questions like these: At the end of a banquet 10 people shake hands with each other. How many handshakes will there be in total? A. 100 B. 20 C. 45 D. 50 E. 90 The day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday. What day is it today? A. Monday B. Tuesday C. Wednesday D. Thursday E. Friday Which number should come next in the series 1, 3, 6, 10, 15? A.8 B. 11 C. 24 D. 21 E, 27 Library is to book as book is to A, page B. copy C. binding D. cover It is a reasonable guess that neither Palin nor her supporters would do really well on questions like these. But the real issue is why questions like these were chosen to be on IQ tests in the first place. Certainly our concept of intelligence, and how to measure it, depends on some vague sense of mathematical reasoning ability rather than real-life situation reasoning ability. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023891