After all of the research on intellect that I’ve done, I find it hard to believe that short term memory and ability to abstract is cultural. If it is cultural, then perhaps the tests are simply proving that education is cultural as well? Did the original IQ tests only test education in an individual and not actually intelligence? The whole cultural topic came up as a result of Marxism. Is psychology going down the wrong road? Previously, it was shown that IQ increases as someone becomes educated. Also, is short term memory is no longer the basis for intellectual acuity?,(reply>), From what I got, I.Q. test were first developed by France for soldier training and placement which was later picked up by all other nations. <br>The ethic I.Q. Bell Curve results from nation wide testing was mostly done by the USA military hench the 1960's Vietnam war term .. morons.