I'm wondering what everyone's take is on the importance of fund of knowledge in intelligence testing. I have taken quite a few IQ tests online just for fun and looked at some kid's tests and a lot of them rely heavily on fund of knowledge. What I wonder is, is the lack of a large fund of knowledge indicative of a lower IQ? That doesn't make sense to me. If you've never been taught what the 5th moon of Jupiter is or who wasn't a general during WWII, what does that have to do with your intelligence? Or if you are more intelligent, will you seek out such information?
I guess I was thinking of all the kids who's parents don't fool with them or teach them anything other than what the schools teach. That doesn't make them less intelligent, just less informed.
Now I haven't taken a real IQ test in years and years so I don't know if the real ones rely on fund of knowledge much at all. They may not. But anyway, I thought it was an interesting thing to think about.
