IQ Tests

[geldonyetich]

OT: ive taken a few yes, and according to them, i got enough. although i feel theyre pretty skewed... 100 IQ is the average level of the population, yet NO ONE score below 110? strange indeed....

You think that's interesting, there's the Flynn Effect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect] which basically states they've actually been making IQ tests harder and order throughout the years, adjusting the score down, in order to keep it closer to the 100.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Nobody will claim to get an IQ of less than 110. This is the internet. Internet IQ tests are meaningless, so are claims without any real proof.

BTW my IQ was tested at 189. That makes me pretty smart bro.

I will ... My IQ according to a state examination of a section of School students using a Stanford Binet standardised IQ test was < 50

That being said I have taken two such tests since then and gotten 132, and 121 ... and given the discrepancy between the two (taken not more than 5 years apart) I have to call bullshit on IQ exams in general.

A friend got 140, the same friend when asked by his teacher in class 'To pull up a chair' got one and then asked the teacher 'where to put it?'. Besides, standardised IQ tests under an fMRI machine show only to excite 3% of the human brain ... so it certainly doesn't test the whole range of human intelligences (yes I subscribe to the Triarchic theory of Intelligence).

I've seen 'geniuses' who can't even kick a soccer ball properly, whilst 'lesser intelligent' people can do so with impeccable speed, grace, and strength that they can 'sniper' those bastards at beer bottles on posts 40 yards away.

Why people don't think intelligence is multifaceted is beyond me. Surely the ability to co-ordinate speed, strength and muscular activity into a seamless display of physical prowess is nothing if not a sign of 'intelligence'? Surely if someone was a true 'genius' in all regards they should beable to co-ordinate muscular contractions and tailor their perceptions and theories so that they can achieve such a physical feat EASIER than someone of 'lesser intelligence' right?

 

[Wuvlycuddles]

I guess what bugs me about this is that they're not establishing that an IQ test is really a valid measure of intelligence, which is on another tangent entirely.

Could all just be a well organised scam, "Welcome to the genius club, now pay a membership fee!"

"Duuuhhh, ok, here is my money!"

But considering the wildly varying results i have gotten from different tests and the wildly varying results i have gotten from doing the same test (or at least the same scoring/methodology), i don't put much faith in the i.q system. But then, i don't feel the need to constantly compare myself to others or need an excuse to feel an inflated sense of self worth (i do fine without an excuse).

100 IQ is the average level of the population, yet NO ONE score below 110? strange indeed....

Maybe all those who do score 100 are all too busy laughing at dancing animals on youtube.

 

[octafish]

Actual (as in, psychologist-administered) IQ tests do tend to predict academic performance, but are not correlated with lifetime career success.

138, but I was like 5 at the time, so it doesn't really count (Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children, if you're interested).

Yeah I was tested when I was 8. I'd been distrupting class, quite a lot, and my school organized for a whole bunch of tests for me, IQ, hearing, psychological, and some I have forgotten. The test I did was seriously skewed to reading comprehension, I remember that. Quite a bit of it had to do with language and I had been reading at an advanced level since pre-school because my E.S.L. grandmother who looked after me a lot had trouble reading my stories to me. I just learned to read early instead. My hearing was fine, I didn't want to set cats on fire, turns out I was disruptive because I was bored, so I ended up tutoring some of my classmates. I got 147 on the IQ test, but I doubt I'd get that now.

IQ tests are pretty much bunkum IMHO.

 

[Hap2]

There is no true method to measure overall 'intelligence', as there are too many 'x' factors to consider, it remains practically impossible. There is too much variety in what could be constituted as a form of intelligence, that testing for all of them and not neglecting any single form would immensely difficult. Each person may be a genius in one way, their own way, or completely deficient in another. In the end, which form is considered more or most important will always depend on the person and their opinion.

As it stands now, IQ tests seem to be little more than another method for people to earn personal status, rather than giving a clear indication of how powerful one's mind is.

 

[sirkai007]

There's random IQ test's all over the internet.

Most of the ones you find on the internet aren't very trustworthy. If you want a good one, you end up paying for it.

 

[mastermarty]

I had to take one, because I was being tested if I was dyslectic, wich I turned out to be.
and my iq is 146.
and since this was not on the internet, but in a real (sorry for a better word,) rechearch centre, I think it would be fairly trustworthy.

 

[Corpse XxX]

There are so many types of ways to be intelligent..

Some are artistically intelligent, some are mathematically enclined, some know everything there is to know bout cars.. One test can never cover all that unless it is extremely flocking large..

So imo IQ test are in most cases just bullshit.. Its like putting a score on a persons brain when you have only tested 2% of it..

 

[ethan22122]

I got one done at the hospital when i was 8 and it said that i had and I.Q of 133.

 

[cartzo]

national average is 101, but they are not genarally considered and accurate measure of intelligence, people like picasso and van gogh would have a very low IQ.

 

[Private Custard]

God I hope this doesn't turn into another IQ pissing match.

This is the escapist, every thread turns into an 'I'm better than you' pissing match. You don't need a high IQ to work that out!

 

[Twilight_guy]

Yes, I took one during Junior High School and I took one that was administered by a neropsychologist at her office. I scored in the mid-120s on the test but I have taken less offical tests where I scored mid-130s.

Really, IQ tests just measure your ability to take tests. Intelligence cannot be Reified. (How do you spell the past tense of Reification exactly?)

 

[Rayansaki]

There's random IQ test's all over the internet.

Believing in a random IQ test's result from the internet automatically reduces your actual IQ value by 50%

 

[silasbufu]

I only did one test , I got about 156 . I think they're overrated, but still, they do say at least something about ourselves.

 

[Fulax]

There used to be national IQ tests on TV (in the UK and the Netherlands at least). I got in the high 120s on the English one and low 130s on the Dutch, which is strange as English is my first language.

 

[Huddo]

I took an IQ test when I was about 6, and got 147. I took one a few years back, but I didn't get the results back. Also, the first one was done by a qualified professional (from MENSA, I think) and the other one was just done in school, so I'm not sure about the reliability of that one.

Obviously I'm not going to say IQ tests are crap, because I'm rather proud of my score.

 

[Silent observer]

For any that are interested in what their score means:

IQ tests are meant to be designed so that a score of 100 is always average, with a standard deviation of 15 (I think). What this essentially means is if you have an IQ of 115 or more you are in the top 17.5%, 130 or more you're in the top 2.5% and 145 or more you're in the top 0.5% (roughly, at any rate). This is the same for below the average as well, so 85 and you're in the bottom 17.5% etc etc etc.

However, I'm not sure if internet IQ tests will be configured to these results - it's probably unlikely.

OT: I've never taken an IQ test, as I have never really seen the point - it tells you your intelligence in relation to everyone else, but this is something that (in a school environment, at any rate) is fairly easy to work out

 

[Zannah]

I've never taken one myself, though it seems the 2% smartest people on earth are concentrated where ever there is a thread asking for IQ's.
Those tests have a practical usage though - apparently, if you have one that qualifies you as 'gifted' e.g 130+, and pester your teachers enough, they let you skip years of school in Germany (or so my boyfriend claims, anyway)