Abstracted Intelligence, Silenced Children: The Evaluations of Intelligence.

Authors

  • Maria Aparecida Affonso Moysés Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da UNICAMP. Departamento de Pediatria.
  • Cecília Azevedo Lima Collares Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Educação. Departamento de Psicologia Educacional.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/psicousp.v8i1.107579

Keywords:

Intelligence. Evaluation. Academic failure. Education. Health.

Abstract

The intelligence tests, which essentially portray the classification of people, are related to the concept of eugenism. Within these tests, Psychology establishes parameters of their fundamental clinical reasoning, through the necessity of abstracting and silencing the subjects in order to place them under a “clinical regard” In this text, the necessity of subverting these evaluations is put up for debate, in an attempt to abandon the seeking of faults, and in order to discover the real child as a historical being.

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Published

1997-01-01

Issue

Section

Psicologia e Razão Instrumental

How to Cite

Abstracted Intelligence, Silenced Children: The Evaluations of Intelligence. (1997). Psicologia USP, 8(1), 63-89. https://doi.org/10.1590/psicousp.v8i1.107579