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I read that usually you reach your highest extent on your IQ level is at age16, but that isn't always true.

Originally posted by Ohio_Ron
Honestly, I can't fathom that idea. I have taken two certified "I.Q." tests ( ten yrs. apart), the military ASVAB exam twice, and refresher courses of curriculm I took decades ago, and it seems to me that I am more "aware" now, than I was 24 yrs. ago.

Originally posted by DragonsDemesne
practice test: 10/10 -no iq rating for this one
series: 10/13 -iq rating 131 - finished in time limit (easily)
quick iq test: 12/15 iq rating 136 -finished in time limit (barely!)
matrix A: 18/18 -iq rating 150 -forgot to run timer, dunno how long i took
dominoes test: 20/30 -iq rating 136
matrix B: 6/22 -iq rating 121 -ran out of time by a long shot

I got tired of the tests after that, which might partially explain the last score, hehe. Other IQ tests I have taken at other sites have ranged from 125 to 145 so I think these tests at nicologic are reasonably accurate, or at least as accurate as IQ tests go. Usually I get in the 130s so I wasn't too surprised by these results. I don't feel very smart, though. I should get some of my friends to take these and see if they get what I would expect, based on how smart/dumb I feel they are compared to me.

IQ tests tend to test 'pattern recognition' rather than what I would call 'intelligence', though. I suppose recognizing patterns is part of intelligence, but there's a lot of other things that make people smart, and there are people that have natural aptitudes for one thing and not another. Most of the tests I have seen are also biased towards mathematics and logic, as opposed to things like creativity.

Niels Bohr was a brilliant physicist, but his language skills were so bad he had to dictate his thesis to his mom to write down because he couldn't string two sentences together on a written page. My mom is brilliant with words and can write really well, and has an excellent memory, but she absolutely stinks at math. People have different skills and aptitudes, and different training, and I think this reflects on IQ tests.

Suppose instead of being raised in Canada, where I had access to good living conditions and 17 years of schooling (so far...), but instead grew up in some impoverished village somewhere, where I was lucky to get one meal a day and spent all my time doing manual labor for pennies so that there would be enough food on the table. I probably would have scored extremely low on an IQ test (assuming I was even literate enough to take it) I wouldn't put too much faith in these tests. People can have good days and bad days, too. Who knows, maybe if I took the other tests I haven't done yet, I might get much higher (or lower!) than I did today, due to amount of sleep, stress levels, or something else.

I took the tests at www.highiqsociety.org... about 2-3 years ago, and got roughly the same scores I did on the ones at nicologic. If you really like these tests, maybe try the ones there, too.

Originally posted by LadyV
Well....emotional quotient is more important than IQ...I won't say what is is...made that mistake before...I will say I was tested in school and it's well into the "supposed" genius level I feel I am as far form genius as one can get. A high IQ does not equate to success, money or happiness....I'm not sure what it's supposed to mean. I know people that are not so smart that are very happy and successful, I know people that are very bright and miserable and poor...and all mixes in between... I would say it means nothing in the big sceam of things!

LiquidationOfDiscrepancy
I might do that Isn't that the site were if you score over a 126 you get to become a member?

Originally posted by DragonsDemesne


Yup that's the one. I did all of their tests except their 'test for exceptional intelligence' or whatever they call it. If you score 126 on any of their tests then for something like $59.95 you can join their society I'm not sure how anyone can be sucked into that, especially when they are supposed to be above average intelligence. I took those tests awhile back, I don't remember the exact scores but I think they were all in the 130s.

As to 'emotional quotient' I've heard of that, but how do you test it? I have a feeling mine is pretty crappy, probably below 100 anyway (if it's scored the same way as IQ) I just wish I had IQ of 150 so I could brag about being 'mensa' material hehe. Ah, well, maybe I'll get smarter, although I'm 23, so I doubt my IQ will change much, now, for most people it stays about the same as an adult.

I''m kind of curious though, what kind of scores did you get Liquidation? You seem like a pretty smart guy, or at least smarter than me. If you don't mind sharing, that is, I'd understand if you didn't want to.

Originally posted by ThunderCloud

To use a classic analogy, think of your brain as a computer -- your brain has its own CPU (with its own number of transistors [neurons], and processing speed), hard drive, RAM, and operating system. An IQ test attempts to measure how powerful the CPU is, and ignores everything else...

[edit on 3/30/2005 by ThunderCloud]

Originally posted by CiderGood_HeadacheBad
IQ tests are fairly irrelevant to education

Originally posted by LiquidationOfDiscrepancy

Because your IQ can fluctuate in your life time and as you get older, it could either deteriorate, or increase. If you were 20 or so when you took the IQ test then that IQ could be the same now, increased, or have deteriorated. I read that usually you reach your highest extent on your IQ level is at age16, but that isn't always true.

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Originally posted by pOeT lAuReaTe
i'm 14 and have an iq of 122 would that make me a genius?