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PAGE SEVEN E PLACED AT 17.1 BY NEW MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEIBER 27, 1934. War-Time Tests Which Re vealed Average of 12-Year-Old Intelligence Now Declared Too Ambitious By Slgrld Arna WASHINGTON () Mr. Average American 1a entitled to hold hla head a little higher. Hla Intelligence 1 not that of a mere 12-year-old child aa he has been told for the paat decade. The average man and woman of thla country haa a mental age of 17.7 years. Bays Dr. David Segel, specialist In testa and measurements for the federal bureau of education. Furthermore, the average mental age la not synonymous wtth the all around ability which contlnuea to improve until quite a late age, Dr. 6egel says. ploying Mental Tricks The ability to learn has been set up as an important criterion of ft -nan1- mlnA nnt ajvrAl Irwtnr en ter Into It, such as experience, ob- I serration, reasoning and the Instinct to survive. And a combination of those factors can play tricks on the mind. The average adult, as he grows older, may find his interests sharper In the work he has chosen, but less sharp n purely extraneous fields. If he Is an accountant, he may find It quite simple to learn a new ac counting system. But he might stum ble over a foreign language or me dieval history which had no direct re lation to his work. Supplants War Tests Dr. Segel's conclusions are drawn from two wide group tests which have been made since the World war, one by Edward L. Thorndlke and another by Harold E. Jones and Herbert C. Conrad. The general belief that the aver age man Is only 12 years old mentally arose through the Stanford-Blnet tests whlhch were given to the army during the war. But measurement experts now be lieve those tests were gauged too high becsuse the original averages were drawn from tests made on a group of too high caliber. A Learning 'Peak' Mr, Average American took them when he entered the army, he won a low rating and the "12-year-old" man bacame a part of the national con sciousness. The results of the new studies show that the ability to learn reaches a peak between 22 and 23 years of age. Then It falls off slowly but It never falls to the level of 12 years for adults. However, If all around ability were considered, Dr. Eegel says, the eurve might continue to go up after 23 and not show any decline until around 80 years of age. The ability to learn also varies ao oordlng to the subject studied. In work where experience Is Important, and the handling of people counts, uch as politics, or sociology, the abil ity to learn remains high for a longer period. But In mathematics where past experience plays a less important role.- the ability to learn reaches Its height at an earlier age. 'Shooting Too Low Dr. Bejel find that only five per eent of American adults have the mental age of 12 years. But 71.8 per eent have the mental age of adults, that la IS years or more. The announcement la likely to do more than merely relieve Mr. Aver age American of any excessive mod estv about himself. The information Is being bruited around and already several lndus . trlallsta have written Dr. Segel to ask. in effect. If they have been "shooting too low." Dr. Segel assures them they have, If they have been shooting at a 12- year-old adult. WATER TO BE FREED GRANTS PASS, Sept. ST. (Spl.l Oold miners along Rogue river were warned Wednesday by E. Reed Carter, manager of the Grants Pass Irrigation Jl Mill fe , . 1- I trnm uhlnri RnVflEW RADldS ' dam October 1. Although care will be taken to re lease the water slowly, over a period of three or four days. Carter said the release will materially raise the river's flow below the dam and may prove dangerous to wing-dams, mining ma chinery, boats and other equipment that Is movable or that may be sub merged and destroyed. 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