Chapter 41 unreal maze quiz

The mentally handicapped, unable to get from point A to point B on paper, can plan complicated escape routes in real life. In 1942, there was a man named Xie Mo.The psychologist from Saracen came to the South Bailey Training School for the mentally handicapped. This school was built in the beautiful valley of Connecticut, USA, and it was a model institution for adopting such children at that time. But the beauty on the outside can’t hide the sadness inside, it’s just a beautiful prison, because the mentally handicapped are more or less in confinement, some students can’t help being lonely, they will escape the heavy surveillance and sneak into the forest, wanting to return to the prison. by the family.But it was futile to go back and forth, and the school often sent search teams to catch these students back.

Saracen didn't care about these fleeing students because it wasn't his business.But a few months later, he discovered a strange thing: when he asked students to take the Portis maze test, an intelligence test used to test the mentally handicapped at the time, he found that many of the students who had escaped could not even use the simplest maze. Can't pass the test.Saracen was horrified: These children didn't even know how to get from point A to point B on paper, how could they plan a successful escape route amidst the layers of security at the school? There is only one answer, that is: their actual planned actions in the real environment cannot be reflected from the paper test.

This is exactly the blind spot of all psychological tests and intelligence tests. They ignore the emotional and motivational issues of the testees.The actions in life are mainly a matter of emotion and motivation. Imagine the emotions and motives of the mentally retarded who flee at night from homesickness to suddenly become wise!Are they really as stupid as most people think?As such, we should all think twice before labeling someone as mentally deficient.