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urn:uuid:a9936786-cf39-4831-89b4-c8b47b1f3926 03 15 9781805116202 00 EB E101 10 01 01 Historicizing IQ Testing Intelligence Assessments and their Role in Norwegian Society from the 1900s to the Present 1 A01 Håkon Aamot Caspersen Håkon Caspersen is a social anthropologist with a PhD from the University of St Andrews and currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the project Historicizing Intelligence at the Museum of University History/Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo. 2 B01 Jon Røyne Kyllingstad Jon Røyne Kyllingstad is a historian and associate professor at the University of Oslo, Museum of University History/Museum of Cultural History, where he is the leader of the research project Historicizing Intelligence, which this book is based upon. He is a specialist in the history of science and the history of academic institutions with a focus on Norway. He was previously head conservator at the Norwegian Museum of Technology. His last book Rase: en vitenskapshistorie [Race: a history of a science] sums up two decades of work on changing ideas about race, ethnicity and the nation, within physical anthropology, genetics, and humanities disciplines such as archaeology and history in Norway. Similar topics were also addressed in Measuring the Master Race, published by Open Book Publishers in 2014. 01 eng 00 496 03 04 BF431.5.N8 23 Intelligence Testing 10 PSY042000 23 Psychology and Psychoanalysis 23 Education 10 HIS054000 23 IQ History 10 HIS010000 23 History 23 Psychological Assessment 10 EDU030000 23 Norwegian Education 23 Forensic Psychiatry 10 PSY015000 10 SOC026000 23 Transnational Psychology 10 LAW041000 01 06 03 00 Intelligence testing has shaped modern society in profound ways, influencing education, psychology, law, and governance. This volume offers the first comprehensive study of the history of IQ testing in a Nordic country, shedding new light on its development, adaptation, and societal impact in Norway.By tracing the evolution of intelligence tests—from their role in schools and special education to forensic psychiatry and criminal law—the book uncovers the tensions surrounding their use. Are these tests instruments of empowerment or tools of control? How have they shaped access to education, healthcare, and legal rights?A key focus of this study is the transnational movement of intelligence tests, particularly between Norway, the USA, and other Nordic nations. It explores how tests have been translated, adapted, standardized, and used, raising questions about their claims to measure universal intelligence.This volume challenges assumptions about IQ testing, placing practices of testing and the tests themselves at the center of historical analysis. By examining the Norwegian case, it contributes fresh insights to international scholarship, offering a vital perspective on the global history of intelligence measurement. Essential reading for historians, psychologists, and educators, this book redefines our understanding of intelligence testing in a changing world. 04 00 Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Historicizing IQ Testing in Norway: Introduction 1. Between Change and Stability: The Thorny Adaptation Process of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale in Norway 2. The Scandinavian Space of IQ Testing: Between Normal and Special Education, 1918–1940 3. A Legal History of Intelligence, Testing, and Criminal Unaccountability 4. IQ Testing and Sterilization in Norway, 1930 to 1960 5. Tools of the Trade: Psychotechnics, IQ Testing and the Making of the Psychological Profession in Norway, 1925–1947 6. From Segregation to Integration and the Role of Testing in a Norwegian Educational Psychology Office, 1953–1980 7. IQ Testing Today in Norway’s Educational Psychological Services 8. ‘Children Got Slightly Smarter with Fish for Lunch’: The WPPSI Test, Randomized Trials, and Optimized Kindergartens 9. A Norwegian Terman–Merrill and the Shelf Life of Intelligence Tests 10. “Culture” and Representability in the Norwegian Standardization of WISC-R 11. ‘A Violation of the Child’s Integrity and of Parental Rights’: The 1959 Controversy on IQ Testing of Norwegian Schoolchildren 12. Tests, Metrics, and the Making of the Norwegian School, 1950–2025 13. Drawing Boundaries, Building Barriers: Twentieth-Century US and Norwegian Intelligence Testing from a Comparative Perspective 14. IQ Testing, Education, Reification, and “Race” in Norway’s Social Democratic Welfare State Afterword Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20260302 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805116172 06 15 9781805116189 06 15 9781805116196 06 15 9781805116219 06 15 9781805116202 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 02 5.99 GBP WORLD