IQ Tests

[CNCRaymond]

I was putting around the net today and at some point a IQ quiz popup popped up. I thought what the hell, I have nothing better to do so I took it. Mind you I did not concentrate on any of the questions, nor did I spend much time on them. I am also very tried and was not really interested in how accurate I answered. My results were:

Congratulations, joe!
Your IQ score is 122

This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions you answered correctly on Emode's Ultimate IQ test. Your IQ score is scientifically accurate; to read more about the science behind our IQ test, click here.

During the test, you answered four different types of questions � mathematical, visual-spatial, linguistic and logical. We analyzed how you did on each set of those questions, which reveals the way your brain processes information.

We also compared your answers with others who have taken the test. According to the sorts of questions you got correct, we can tell your Intellectual Type is a Word Warrior.

This means you have exceptional verbal skills. You can easily make sense of complex issues and take an unusually creative approach to solving problems. Your strengths also make you a visionary. Even without trying you're able to come up with lots of new and creative ideas. And that's just a small part of what we know about you from your test results.

Does any one know where you can take a real IQ test without having to pay for it?

[TerranC]

IQ tests IMHO are a waste of time - nothing but a novelty to amuse him/herself.

But if you'd like a through IQ test without having to pay MUCH for it, I recommend that you visit MENSA, pay 15 bucks american, and try their test.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Does any one know where you can take a real IQ test without having to pay for it?

occured to me when i read that: ya, life.
although failure tends to carry it's own price.

[Baron Grazic]

I'd have to agree with TerranC, head to Mensa, because IQ tests can be affected my many different settings, including regional location.

[Fyron]

IQ tests only test one or two of the 7 distinct aspects of intelligence.

[Karibu]

I once did one IQ test which were supposed to be similar to Mensa test. It gave me IQ of 148, which I find amusing. I went there through one discussion board and half of them got over 130. Quite intelligent people or the test was utterly false. Which would be right?

Consider this: it is assumed that if you count all people's IQ and count average of them, you get 100. I believe that in the discussion forum I found this, has propable higher average intelligence than 100, but only 5%...10% of people's go into 130 points and they were not THAT great thinkers. At least most of them weren't.

[Starhawk]

See the problem with any IQ test is that it's not a fair judge of your IQ because if you choke under preasure you are royaly screwed .

However it is also not very good because different IQ tests use different systems of questions that will make your score vary for example the first IQ test I ever took I scored a 117 with the "possibility" of being a 120 because of my advanced linguistic skills and my ability to rapidly solve problems mentally and respond quickly to a new situation.

However on a second test I took I breezed in easily as a 125 BECAUSE of the exact abilities the other said I could possibly have recieved a 120 for.

Personally I would like to go for 125 for ego's sake but for all I know the first test was more accurate and I'm anywhere from 117 to 120.

P.S. Yes beleive it or not I do have very good linguistic skills I just don't type all that well when I am not under serious preasure.

[gregebowman]

Believe it or not, when I was in the Air Force, that was my job. I was a mental health clinic technician, and part of my duties was administering IQ tests. The one we had to use was called the Weschler (heck, I haven't give it in 15+ years, so I've forgotten the whole title). Unfortunately, I was taught how to use it before someone gave me the test, so I never really did learn my IQ at that time. I tell you, that test can be something, especially when you're trying to get a geriatric person to pay attention long enough for him/her to make a response. But I was never really happy in that field, so got out of the Air Force after one of those reductions.

[Karibu]

Mensa makes the IQ test using only graphics. There is 3 figures and you have to choose what is the fourth one from 6 (IIRC) choices. I haven't made official Mensa test (I made home test just for fun), but here is a link to one which tries to be like it. It is finnish, but if you are intelligent enough, you will figure out how to make it

There is 40 minutes time and you need to have flash on your browser in order to make it. When you follow the link, the test starts immediately.

Start here

[Geckomlis]

Originally posted by Karibu:
I once did one IQ test which were supposed to be similar to Mensa test. It gave me IQ of 148, which I find amusing. I went there through one discussion board and half of them got over 130. Quite intelligent people or the test was utterly false. Which would be right?

Consider this: it is assumed that if you count all people's IQ and count average of them, you get 100. I believe that in the discussion forum I found this, has propable higher average intelligence than 100, but only 5%...10% of people's go into 130 points and they were not THAT great thinkers. At least most of them weren't.

Dispositional Aspects of Intelligence
http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thi...s/Plymouth.htm

Student lawyers are among the most intelligent of students in the psychometric sense. They are able dedicated learners who have passed the hurdles of earlier education with excellent records. Moreover, good reasoning in terms of claims and evidence is central to their enterprise. Lawyers�student or professional�need to consider not only the side of the case they are committed to defending but the other side of the case, if only to anticipate the arguments of the opposition. One would suppose, then, that student lawyers would tend to reason well about everyday public issues, certainly considering both sides of the case with some care.

However, this does not seem to be the case. A number of years ago, we conducted a series of studies examining people�s everyday reasoning about a range of issues, including questions such as "Would a nuclear disarmament treaty reduce the likelihood of world war?" and "Would a bottle deposit law in the state of Massachusetts reduce litter?" As a strong trend, people�s reasoning on these issues proved very one-sided (Perkins, 1985; Perkins, Allen, & Hafner, 1983). Most people would adopt one or the other stance and say hardly anything about what reasoning might apply on the other side. One sample consisted of student lawyers from a well-known university. The student lawyers paid no more attention to the other side of the case than other participants. Moreover, the series of studies revealed a provocative pattern in the relationship between IQ, which was also measured, and attention to the other side of the case. The correlation between the two was zero. People with higher IQs were no more likely to attend to the other side of the case than people with lower IQs, although people with higher IQs did tend to offer more elaborate justifications of their preferred side of the case (Perkins, Farady, & Bushey, 1991).

Thinking about the other side of the case is a perfect example of a good reasoning practice. It is a move one would ordinarily count as part of intelligent behavior. Why, then, do student lawyers with high IQs and training in reasoning that includes anticipating the arguments of the opposition prove to be as subject to confirmation bias or myside bias, as it has been called, than anyone else? To ask such a question is to raise fundamental issues about conceptions of intelligence, classic and modern.

-Gecko