IQ Tests

[Hawk of Battle]

I remember doing the tv ones years ago here in britain. The 2nd made me realise it was all a bunch of crap. Why? Because one section asked you to look at a series of distorted pictures of celebrities and work out which celebrities they were. This meant you had to recognise who these people were, which is not testing your intelligence at all if you simply don't know who these people are.

Also the last question was a series of upsidedown faces, with one of the mouths on one face turned upsidedown again. You were supposed to look at the faces and figure out which face had something wrong with it. I immediately knew what it was they were trying to get at and simply turned my head to the side so I could pick it out. Literally anyone could get that question right, it's not testing intelligence at all, anyone who has seen that illusion before knows what it's about and figure it out.

I still somehow scored higher on this one than the "easier" one from the previous year though.

 

[heartshooter]

I took one once, A real one.


Apperantly I have an IQ of 142.

Which apperantly counts as gifted.

Go figure.

142 in a real iq test is above average not gifted. 160+ is gifted

 

[zhoominator]

Yes and I've determined that IQ tests are bullshit.

All they do is tell you how good you are at taking IQ tests. That's it.

Yep, I've taken several (4 or 5), all of them yielding different results (varying from 98 to 130-something). I do believe they are bullshit.

 

[Palademon]

IQ tests arent great at telling you your maximum degree of intelligence, but they work better if you take a real one other than one on the internet.I took one at a learning assessment centre when I was yougner because I have ADHD (and the entire world thinks that's something you "suffer" from and needs to be fixed). Tere was a different scale that was used a long time ago, but on th scale wher 140 points is genius, I got 132. My brother got 136.

 

[Vianyte]

Yes and I've determined that IQ tests are bullshit.

All they do is tell you how good you are at taking IQ tests. That's it.

This is 100% true. IQ tests certainly do not measure intelligence and since you can get very different results off many different tests, they are also extremely unreliable.

There are also tricks that can gain you more marks, proving again that IQ tests are unreliable.

 

[iLikeHippos]

I took some IQ test when I was 7-8 years old. I got 77.

I have taken some recently though, but they asked me to pay to see the results. Stupid leeches!

 

[Lemon Of Life]

I did a proper one when I was little (like 5 or something) and apparently I have 135. I don't know if IQ tests "work" or anything, but apparently that's not bad.

 

[Jonesy911]

I've taken several IQ tests, online and in real life. I always get a score between 120 and 130, so I assume they're quite accurate, but the 'IQ' way of measuring intelligence is bullshit anyway. It's only use is telling if someone is mentally retarded or not.

 

[crudus]

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

Yea I know but I want to take an actual IQ test, not one I find on a seedy site that lets me take the test then give them my CC number to give me the results.

Official ones are still bullshit. There are too many dimensions of intelligence to measure. The last IQ test I took was 20 questions long. That barely tells you if a child has memorized his times tables let alone their entire intelligence. IQ needs to be measured over the course of a week to thoroughly do it. Even then you can't do it all on paper with multiple choice answers.

 

[alligabbi]

Please don't tell me that anyone believes I.Q. tests taken off the Internet. They usually give you a higher score, so you either buy a print or send your scores or otherwise advertise their site for them.
I literally took one blinded (had a blindfold) and took random choices, and I still got 135. Which is obviously BS.
You should take real tests to get a real score (I'd reccomend MENSA, but it isn't avaivable in my country, so I wouldn't know what I was talking about ), and even then, they don't tell the whole story. They just test your rational thinking and math skills, which only account for a part of the brain.
Also, a lot of I.Q. tests don't match up. A 100 on one might equal 115 on another one, becouse they don't all use the same scales.

Well, that's my two cents anyway. Take 'em or leave 'em.

 

[D_987]

I can't even be bothered to post an essay anymore - these threads keep popping up...

Needless to say, IQ tests are bullshit.

Your score is completely and utterly irrelevant.

Half of you are making up what score you did get, and if you aren't it just adds more proof that IQ tests are jokes.

They can't be used to test intelligence.

They test only how good you are at taking IQ tests - if you took another test straight after one you'd do better because you'd know how the questions work, for example.

 

[Zero47]

IQ score is terribly important ofcourse. How about we talk about EQ for a moment? First of all a balanced intelligence test has EQ factored in. Secondly, people with high EQ scores tend to be more successful and happy. All the while a substantial difference between your IQ and EQ leaves you with a lot of confusion (especially during childhood), since your analytic understanding is so much higher than your emotional understanding.

 

[direkiller]

Yes and I've determined that IQ tests are bullshit.

True story. And for more reasons than one.

I've seen IQ-threads galore. Apparently, 60% of the human population online has an IQ of 133 or greater, with many people hitting the level of philosophical luminaries.

I mean...gimme a break.....

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The only 'accurate' IQ tests are those that are administered at a very young age by a professional. And even in that case, modern-psychologists are incredibly skeptical of this value as an intelligence reading.

So far everyone has said above 120-145.
i would be inclined to agree with you.

Theirs a study somewhere that shows everyone thinks there above average

in IQ terms i guess that means 120 is the new 100

 

[Quaxar]

I did one about a year or so ago. It was on the internet, on a credible newspaper's site, but still an internet test.
Scored 144 if I remember correctly, then again it said 110 or 120 is average, so I guess the whole thing wasn't that credible after all. And I don't trust these tests anyway...

 

[Queen Michael]

I've taken a few Mensa web tests, my avergae score is 126 but I'm pretty sure it's not really above 123.

 

[DSK-]

I've looked at few on the internet and pretty much all the maths questions confused me and I couldn't do them

Chances are the results of me doing one would be something like -24 because of that.

 

[Skops]

IQ tests are full of shit. I saw results from my ex, 160. I'm sorry, but there is no way that dumb broad was 'gifted' in any way but taking the next dick in her face.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

IQ tests are full of shit. I saw results from my ex, 160. I'm sorry, but there is no way that dumb broad was 'gifted' in any way but taking the next dick in her face.

Maybe that was part of the test they gave her. Some of the newer IQ test series are rather comprehensive.


Although next time I'm up for review for my pension they better not give me THAT particular test.

 

[Ickorus]

I've taken several, mine averages out as about 130.

Lowest was 110 highest was 150.

I doubt it's correct but I love to use that against people when they treat me like an idiot.