I had an government IQ test when I was young and scored a 149, I wonder take a new one but I don't quite trust the online ones.
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
Hatrack is an IQ test. You scored slightly higher than my left shoe but lower than my right.
Kidding, of course.
In all seriousness, I would love to try to get into MENSA.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Eh, getting into Mensa is pretty easy. Take the WAIS-III. That's well respected, you'll need a psychologist to administer/time it of course. MENSA is only like 133.
Edit: On the WAIS-III all you need is a 130 to get into MENSA.
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
I got into Mensa, I just didn't ever actually join, because they wanted like $50 a month, and there were no tangible benefits other than to be able to say I got into Mensa, which I can already do for free.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by BandoCommando: Hatrack is an IQ test. You scored slightly higher than my left shoe but lower than my right.
Kidding, of course.
In all seriousness, I would love to try to get into MENSA.
Good God, why?
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
The WAIS-III is considered a good IQ test? Something's wrong then. My friend administered it to me (she's a doctoral candidate) and said I scored off the scale.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
I kind of agree with Lisa, why would you pay money to be in a club that says you're smart? If you are intelligent then it should be demonstrable; it is not like being in MENSA makes you more intelligent.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
quote:Originally posted by Raventhief: The WAIS-III is considered a good IQ test? Something's wrong then. My friend administered it to me (she's a doctoral candidate) and said I scored off the scale.
Yeah, it's considered one of the most accurate ones... possible that either you are really smart, or your friend doesn't know how to administer it properly.
What did you get?
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
Note that I didn't say I wanted to BE in Mensa, just that it'd be fun to take an 'official' IQ test.
Why?
Well, I've only ever taken unofficial online IQ tests. While I've done rather well on them, I imagine that the scores may be inflated and that the testing may not be accurate (there simply weren't enough questions, if you ask me). Rather than just blithely assuming I'm smart when I might actually be stupid, or, more likely, assume people are smarter than me when in fact I've got some pretty good brains myself, it'd be nice to have a document officially say that my IQ lies somewhere between my pencil and my mug.
Again, just for fun.
Would I like to pay $50 a month to Mensa for no good reason? Heck no!
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
I remember being able to find faults in a Mensa puzzle book when I was in middle school, I've never had any respect of the organization since.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
I was in MENSA, until I stopped paying. Then, apparently, I turned stupid.
Or at least that's what they're trying to tell me. "Start paying us and be smart again!"
My wife was asking me about IQ tests, specifically for my son. He's six years old, and although I feel that he's gifted (then again, every parent thinks their child is "gifted"), we apparently need to quantify it for consideration, but I think he's still to young for that.
I imagine an IQ test for a six year old is different than one for someone older. Anyone have any idea what they're like for that age?
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
I took the WPPSI as a kid, but Wiki's description is the best I can do. I don't remember any of it. Be forwarned, the results tend to be high.
The schools tend to want to administer their own tests if they think it's necessary. Like you said, everyone thinks their kid is gifted. And some of them get weird when the world doesn't agree.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
I tested at 150 in Kindergarten and 135 in 5th grade. I should be fairly close to brain dead by now.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
No, I heard from a psychiatrist that generally extremely high IQs tested in young children decrease by the time they reach maturity then remain stable. There are sometimes exceptions though:
In kindgergarten I tested 136 and when I just turned 18 I was tested at 143 (had to test for legal reasons) I had the flu when I took it though, so I am hoping that I would actually do better if I was healthy.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I don't believe IQ tests generally. They don't test a lot of things that are valuable in people and that contribute to one's ability to get things done. Plus if you ask anyone, apparently everyone who has ever had an IQ test is a genius or borderline retarded.
That being said, I have taken online tests and was in the 99th percentile as far as I can remember (a few years ago). Which is why I think it's just worthless. I was an idiot a few years ago and I'm dumber now.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Well, the fact that online tests are horrible contributes to that, and most people who "took an IQ test" took one of them.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
I took an IQ test in Kindergarten. I don't know specifically how well I did, but it got me out of class to play with computers once a week until high school, so as far as I'm concerned IQ tests rule!
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
Wiki's article on IQ gets into it. Something about one test measuring your deviation from the norm and the other a quantifiable number makes them different. One of the tests (I think two versions for kids) aren't accurate over 130.
Personally, I vote for not telling your kid what their IQ is. There are so many more important things in life, and I think it's especially important for smart people to realize that. We can get caught up in the raw numbers and act like that justifies something. Smart should not be an end unto itself.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by JonHecht: No, I heard from a psychiatrist that generally extremely high IQs tested in young children decrease by the time they reach maturity then remain stable.
It's called regression to the mean. Since IQ is measured against an assumed general average intelligence, someone who is 6 with an intellectual age of 10 isn't likely to have an intellectual age of 14 when they're 10. The gap closes. Shrinks, anyway.
And my parents never told me. I was looking through the memory box my Mom had of me when I was in my early 20s, and I came across it. As well as one grade school report card after another saying that I was too smart and poorly behaved.
Posted by Fusiachi (Member # 7376) on :
As a young and rambunctious kid, I took an IQ test with enough success to enter the "gifted" program--until middle school. Upon reaching 7th grade, I found out that I was no longer "qualified", as the state's standards are slightly higher for secondary-level students (2 points short). So, I re-tested in 8th grade, and wasn't told the results.
My mother had assumed that I didn't want to be part of our backwater school's enrichment program (and I didn't), and thusly didn't enroll me. I assumed I had done poorly, until senior year when I stumbled across the results in a scrapbook. I had done well enough to both reaffirm my self-worth and confirm the arbitrariness of IQ tests. Think it was a WAIS, but it has been awhile.
Anyway, with regards to the OP--have a credentialed psychologist administer something, if you really must quantify your genius. You should pray that it doesn't include writing.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: I tested at 150 in Kindergarten and 135 in 5th grade. I should be fairly close to brain dead by now.
I think motherhood is the cause of that, right? At least it seems to be my experience. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
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