IQ测的只是智力吗？

Duckworth said that she and her colleagues “wanted to know how much of the test’s predictive power is measuring what it should be measuring, and how it much of it is from your actual motivation.”
Duckworth说她和同事们“想知道这个测试对测试它该测试的预测能力有多大，和大部分的预测能力是如何从你的实际动机中产生的。”
They first reviewed previous studies, and found that giving incentives to test-takers to do a good job boosted scores.
他们首先检查先前的研究，发现鼓励测试者好好做测试会提高分数。

In addition, the authors analyzed data from a long-term study that followed 250 teenage boys from Pittsburgh into adulthood. They were videotaped while taking an IQ test, and researchers gauged how motivated they appeared.
此外，作者还分析了一个对250个匹兹堡男孩从青少年到成年的长期研究数据。他们进行IQ测试时被录到录像带上，然后研究人员判断他们表现的积极性有多高。

When they adjusted their statistics to take away the influence of motivation upon the results, the researchers found that the IQ tests did a poorer job of predicting what would happen to the boys later in life.
当他们调整信息降低积极性对结果的影响时，研究人员发现IQ测试对这些男孩后来生活的预测能力不准确。

It’s possible that some of the things that make someone motivated — compliance, a natural interest in solving problems, competitiveness — are high in those who do well on the tests and may help them do better in life, Duckworth said.
很可能是有些事提高某些人的积极性——服从，对解决问题的天生兴趣，竞争——都是那些在测试中表现较好，帮助他们生活中过得更好的人较常出现。

However, the findings “don’t say these IQ scores are all about motivation,” Duckworth said. “It’s not saying anyone can get 140 if they try hard enough.”
然而，调查结果“并没有说这些IQ分数都是跟积极性有关的。”Duckworth说。“这并不是说如果一个人非常努力，他的IQ就能达到140.”

Robert Sternberg, a psychology professor and provost at Oklahoma State University, praised the study but added that the findings aren’t exactly shocking. “To almost anyone except some subset of those psychologists who study IQ testing, it will come as little surprise that motivation is an extremely powerful determinant of performance in school and in life,” he said.
心理学教授和克拉荷马州州立大学教务长Robert Sternberg赞成这个研究，但表明调查结果还不完全令人震惊。“除了研究IQ测试的一些小团体，几乎所有人都不会对积极性是在学习和生活中表现的决定性因素感到惊讶。”他说。