IQ test?
01-22-2009, 03:05 AM
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Re: IQ test?
Originally Posted by rsmith2786
For MENSA it was just like taking an ACT, SAT, or anything like that. There were staff but i don't think any were psychologists. They did say it would be graded under the "supervision" of a psychologist though.
01-22-2009, 03:25 AM
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Re: IQ test?
Originally Posted by rsmith2786
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Incorrect. These tests are based on common areas on knowledge. Someone could have an amazing ability to learn but have applied it in an area that is untested. MENSA openly admits that the tests are flawed. What if you don't speak English as a first language?
Incorrect. These tests are based on common areas on knowledge. Someone could have an amazing ability to learn but have applied it in an area that is untested. MENSA openly admits that the tests are flawed. What if you don't speak English as a first language?
Originally Posted by rsmith2786
What about a person's ability for social interaction? Doesn't that require intelligence?
01-22-2009, 03:57 AM
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Re: IQ test?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
It has to do with giving a ---- about what strangers think, and nothing to do with intelligence.
01-22-2009, 10:35 AM
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Re: IQ test?
In relevance to the subject, I think everyone needs to understand the difference between ratio IQ's and Deviation IQ's.
This explains it simply.
http://www.geocities.com/ultrahiiq/Deviation_IQs.html
Basically, you can score a 160+ ratio IQ as a child, but your adult deviation IQ would be lower.
Having a high IQ means little if you dont perform to your fullest potential. Myself being a prime example of this. :P
This explains it simply.
http://www.geocities.com/ultrahiiq/Deviation_IQs.html
Basically, you can score a 160+ ratio IQ as a child, but your adult deviation IQ would be lower.
Having a high IQ means little if you dont perform to your fullest potential. Myself being a prime example of this. :P
01-22-2009, 11:19 AM
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Re: IQ test?
good info fellas, I didn't really want to take one so I could brag if I got a high score, I realize it measures your ability to learn and this is why I want to take it. I have been a part time college student for a couple years lingering in the lower level classes, and I have done well in them, But I find myself afraid to commit to a major or to full time study for some reason. Originally I knew I wanted to be either an electrical or mechanical engineering major, but my fear of higher level math ie: calculus has kinda ruled that out for me, looking into biochemistry now.....at any rate I wanted to see how I could do on a REAL iq test, for some reason I feel if I do well it will help me make that leap into full time study and picking a major so I can get the ---- on with life, at 26 years old I feel like it's time for me to decide what I'm gonna do with school.
