Iq

[TINNY]

What is IQ?pattern recognition? What determines high and low IQ? Nature or nurture? The genes? Or is it quantity of neural connections?

How do you increase your IQ? Sip breathing? Do IQ tests?

Is there a limit to IQ?

[Aki]

All I know is that IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient.

[TINNY]

Aki, thanks!

[lindagarrette]

What are IQ test results used for?

[Stargazer]

To see how good you are at taking IQ tests :-) They can also be used to brag, if one would like to do that.

Ah, seriously though it does measure some parts of a person's intelligence. The question is if it's possible to make tests that are fair for everyone from any culture... probably not. It does reflect some culture in that how the educational system is built, for example. Or am I wrong?

Anyway, is it true that employers look at IQ tests? I've never seen it myself but heard about it.

[Drakon1323]

Originally Posted by Stargazer

Ah, seriously though it does measure some parts of a person's intelligence. The question is if it's possible to make tests that are fair for everyone from any culture... probably not. It does reflect some culture in that how the educational system is built, for example. Or am I wrong?

Anyway, is it true that employers look at IQ tests? I've never seen it myself but heard about it.

The test is supposed to measure youre cognitive abilities, how well you can think and spacial perception. How close do they get to that? i dont kno. considering the type of questions and also adding in cultural and educational differences, i couldnt imagine it being completely unbiased.

[TINNY]

What are IQ test results used for?

for my university application and also to gain membership into MENSA. I took the MENSA IQ test a while ago. Hate it. They give boxes with different patterns and asks you to predict the next logical pattern. All 20 questions of it! Nothing else. So I don't think there is any bias, or cultural disadvantages.

[lindagarrette]

I've taken several IQ tests, mostly just out of curiosity. I always score well but that's because I'm so accustomed to taking tests, by virtue of some 10 years of higher education, mostly post graduate. No one has ever asked me the score. I think the spacial relations tests only determine how well you can visualize spacial relationships. It's also possible to practice and get better.

There is no such thing as an unbiased test of any kind to date. A person's actual inteligence is determined genetically. From the time of conception, environmental factors affect how the intelligence develops. That's about all there is to it. If identical twins are raised in the same exact conditions, then their "IQs" will be identical.

[Stargazer]

I get so different results on the IQ tests I've taken, in the range 130-160. These tests have been different too, some focus on all these weird drawings and patterns while some are focused on verbal skills or math/logic. But still, these measure only some parts of the intelligence?

[Aki]

Don't trust those IQ tests on the internet, they're a waste of time!