Lol if we're going by internet 'IQ tests' then my IQ is 107, which is average, I believe, but far more reasonable, I think, than some of these others stated on here. But Ican tell you, that if my IQ is anywhere near that score, then it probably has nothing to do with how high your grades are, because I'm almost straight A's, which is a little better than average intelligence, no?
There will always be smart people, and dumb people, people who can learn, people who...can't. It just depends on the ratios, really, statistics don't show 'why' this kid got an F-, maybe they just don't care, or they had a bad day, multiply that by a number, and it will affect the charts a bit. Of course, I really have no statistics of my own, it's my belief that you can't really take a survey and declare something complete fact when it comes to something like this.
People enjoy making themselves sound smart, whether or not they are telling the truth is hard to tell, but it doesn't matter, unless it is of urgency that we all know you're the next Albert Einstein, and you're going to revolutionize the world with your ub3r-intelligence, I don't really care how smart you think you are.
Every generation will be smarter in every developed country in the world because technology is advancing, so is the knowledge of the young for it... Every kid today know what a computer is and how to handle it...
I challenge you Alt, to go and get a REAL IQ test to prove to me that yours is upwards of 150. I assure you you wont make up to 120.
IQ only fluctuates slightly during one's lifetime. I *did* take a real IQ-equivalent test and got at least 130 on it, that much I know. It measures potential intelligence, not actual intelligence, and it doesn't change much, if at all, as you age. IQ tests and Iq-equivalent tests are ADJUSTED FOR AGE. GG.
Noah, before you blast someone coldly like that make sure you're actually correct -_-
Nah. IQ drastically increases when a person is about 5 or 6. And IQ is obviously more than just potential intelligence, as everyone has pretty much infinite potential, if they apply themselves and stuff. If a person took an IQ test without caring about school or anything, he'd get a lower score than the person who spends 2 hours a day studying and stuff. I think a more accurate definition of IQ would be either desire for intelligence, or natural intelligence.
Also, if your taking an IQ test with multiple choice or true/false questions, if you don't know the answer you can still just guess and still have a fairly high chance of getting it right. Even a 10 year old can guess on multiple choice questions, so if they was really lucky and got most of the questions right, would their IQ still be higher? Of course not, they just guessed!
Nah. IQ drastically increases when a person is about 5 or 6
They're less accurate when the test-taker is a child, but the tests are age-adjusted.
And IQ is obviously more than just potential intelligence, as everyone has pretty much infinite potential, if they apply themselves and stuff.
I'd like to say you're right, but you're wrong.
A person with Down Syndrome will never be able to be as intelligent as, say. a scientist, no matter how much he applies himself.
Also, if your taking an IQ test with multiple choice or true/false questions, if you don't know the answer you can still just guess and still have a fairly high chance of getting it right. Even a 10 year old can guess on multiple choice questions, so if they was really lucky and got most of the questions right, would their IQ still be higher? Of course not, they just guessed!
I never said they were perfectly accurate. No-one did.
Well I said IQ rises at around 5 or 6, because that's when most people start reading/writing, etc. This increases the amount of knowledge they can get and so on. A 4 year old barely, if at all, knows how to read, so they only get information verbally, making their IQ significantly lower than a literate person.
Meh, Down Syndrome is more like taking the brain and putting it in slow-motion. Makes the person more child like than anything. Usually their mind stops developing at around the age of a 10 year old (at most), so if they were to be given a 10 year old IQ test, I'm sure they'd do average.
Can't really address your last point, cause I basically spent the whole time talking about the inaccuracy of the tests. :/
Well I said IQ rises at around 5 or 6, because that's when most people start reading/writing,
That statement doesn't apply because your definition of IQ is wrong. IQ simply doesn't rise or fall - it's intelligence quotient, not intelligence. Potential intelligence, not actual intelligence.
A 4 year old barely, if at all, knows how to read, so they only get information verbally, making their IQ significantly lower than a literate person
The smartest person in the world took his Iq test when he was 4. He then wrote a poem, mentally solved a calculus equation and spoke in a bunch of different languages. His IQ was 210. It didn't change as he took more tests.
Meh, Down Syndrome is more like taking the brain and putting it in slow-motion. Makes the person more child like than anything. Usually their mind stops developing at around the age of a 10 year old (at most), so if they were to be given a 10 year old IQ test, I'm sure they'd do average.
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IQ measures potential intelligence. IQs of around 70 and under denote mental deficiency. AKA, mental retardation. AKA, less potential intelligence.
I'm pretty sure IQ can rise or fall. If somebody really doesn't care when they are 15 and takes an IQ test, then 3 years later and he does care and spends time studying, pretty sure his IQ will rise.
Proof please. That sounds like one God-sent 4 year old. O.o And was the calculus problem multiple choice and WTF was it doing on a 4 year old IQ test?!? Not to mention that was a general example. Pointing out specific examples like so just shows that there's exceptions to everything. Just like how "weird" doesn't follow the rule "i before e."
And like I said, mental deficiencies are more like making the victim's brain younger. So of course they won't do as well on tests designed for their age, because while their body is older, their brain is less developed. The more developed the mind is, the more potential it has.
Q, have you ever taken anything even remotely close to an IQ test? They measure things you can't study for, like abstract reasoning, spatial reasoning, etc. That's why they don't measure intelligence, they measure cognitive ability AKA POTENTIAL INTELLIGENCE. IQ only increases slightly over one's lifetime, up to 20 points, most of the time not at all or very little.
Proof please. That sounds like one God-sent 4 year old. O.o And was the calculus problem multiple choice and WTF was it doing on a 4 year old IQ test?!? Not to mention that was a general example. Pointing out specific examples like so just shows that there's exceptions to everything. Just like how "weird" doesn't follow the rule "i before e."
And like I said, mental deficiencies are more like making the victim's brain younger. So of course they won't do as well on tests designed for their age, because while their body is older, their brain is less developed. The more developed the mind is, the more potential it has.
As in, less developed brain. As in, less potential intelligence/cognitive abilities(because IQ technically measures cognitive abilities, not overall intelligence). As in, less IQ.
One's current potential intelligence changes, but their overall doesn't; that's why IQ tests are age-adjusted.
