Re: maria reads Dianetics and joins Scientology
Scientology uses antiquated, non-comprehensive and invalidly administered IQ Tests that are repeatedly given to the same person which invalidates the results of all subsequent tests administered other than the original, which is not valid as it was not administered under accepted and recognized protocols.
Face
My point was that the tests they used were not special tests developed by Hubbard, they were off the shelf tests which Hubbard got from somewhere else. In my Scio career, I took an IQ test at CCLA around 1971 just prior to joining the S.O. I was not given my result but only told that my score was sufficient to meet S.O. requirements.
I took CoS IQ tests in the early 80's before I started my NOTS and in Feb, 1999, on my last trip to Flag. Each time, I was left in a room by myself and given a certain amount of time to complete the test. I am pretty sure there were 50 questions and that the time given was 30 minutes. The tests had names written on them of where they came from. I never paid much attention to where they originated but did notice that they were standard IQ tests, not something developed by LRH. My best guess is that they were labeled as being from the University of Chicago. That was my only point in what I wrote Mer,
THEY WERE STANDARD TESTS, NOT SPECIAL SCIENTOLOGY TESTS CREATED BY LRH!!
As to how they were administered, the test taker was allowed a certain amount of time for the 50 questions to be answered. The test was multiple choice, there were 4 or 5 circles after each question and the directions on how to take the test and the length of time allowed were printed right on the test itself. We were told to darken only one of the boxes and we were given pencils and some scrap paper to aid us if we needed to do calculations.
I took an IQ test at UCLA, at age 20 when I decided to change majors from Engineering to Mathematics and also took them several times when applying for non Scientology jobs and more recently, I have also taken them here on the internet. All my non Scientology IQ tests used the same procedures which were used in my Scientology IQ tests. I can think of no differences whatsoever so would you be so kind as to tell us what specific recognized protocols were not followed in the Scientology tests?
Later, in 1989, I paid WISE $12,500 out of my $65,000 package to come in and help me run my business. They came in and administered IQ tests to my 5 employees at my contracting business. They used the same protocols, passing out pencils and scrap paper and then starting the test, timing it, stopping the test and scoring the test.
Wise then left us several packs of IQ tests. I believe there were 3 versions of the test, not just one version but I am not positive about that. My company began automatically giving an IQ test to each applicant who applied for a job with our company. We did this for over a decade.
Hubbard was quite fond of giving a person an IQ test prior to a major auditing action and then following it up with another IQ test immediately after the action was completed. The purpose was to see if the auditing action raised a person's IQ. This procedure seems legitimate to me, I don't see anything wrong in doing that.
Perhaps, Hubbard went out of his way to only give a person his final IQ score and then, to compare apples to apples, he might want to give the exact same test over again. The big question would be whether of not the test takers were allowed to find out which items they got wrong and to then see the correct answers. If that was done, then obviously the person would get a higher score the next time he took the IQ test, whether or he received auditing or not!
To determine whether a person's IQ went up BECAUSE OF AUDITING, a person must not be told which items he got wrong and what the correct answers were. Also, the exact same IQ test would have to be given after the auditing intensive was completed. If a person WAS told which items he got wrong, then he would have to be given a different version of the test I believe those protocols were adhered to at CCLA
The act of taking the same test over again does not automatically invalidate the results of an IQ test. This is especially true if a long period of time passes before a follow up test is given. I was tested by CoS in the early 70's, early 80's and late 90's. Even if the exact same test was given, it would not effect a person's test scores if the tests were spaced so far apart that the person remembered nothing from his earlier tests.
Lakey