Facebook Quizzes: Beware the Hidden Dangers
What's your IQ? Which Disney princess are you? Better question: what's really going on here? While Web quizzes may be fun to take, they're also a powerful tool for companies to collect your data and even your money -- and often in ways you might not notice.
By JR Raphael
Finally, bear in mind that the quizzes' results may not even mean much. In the case of online IQ tests, for instance, many of the exams are about as valid as my excuse for missing mah-jongg night at the clubhouse.
"These things are simply not sophisticated," says Dr. Martin Eaton, a licensed clinical psychologist and adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. "Calling them intelligence tests would be a misnomer."
The test that declared me a genius, I can only assume, was a rare exception.
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