A type of glorified short term memory test, psychology and the media, want people to believe is an indicator of one's 'intelligence'. Based on the convenient assumption that
intelligence is constant, and that all the worlds problems really only on thinking really hard about a single aspect of a problem, therefore, ignoring the power of (fast) intuitive insights that are based on making distant connections in the mind, and give way to an answer. Even though most
real world problems, in history, began with some insight or intuition into a matter. IQ tests are based on a partial model of truth seeking, that ignores elements of
experimental and creative thought.