Wots yer IQ?

[ChrisKH]

I read that as the IQ test was devised by middle class academics it leans towards a testing of........middle class academics.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Too true mate, apparently they stick on about 30 points. I only found out because it pushed my score off the scale.

This is serious worrying. I've scored 62.

 

[domtyler]

This is serious worrying. I've scored 62.

Hmm, are you sure, sounds a bit high to me!

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Hmm, are you sure, sounds a bit high to me!

The chart gives a list of occupations open to those with an IQ of less than 75: sweeping leaves, cleaning flat surfaces, estate agency.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Given the composition of that sentence, I'm not surprised.

No problem - I'm retraining as an estate agent. Apparently, being illiterate is no bar to advancement.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

We had a whole raft of strange tests to do when I was at school, of which IQ was only one (165 BTW). I seem to remember a load of 'Bristol Achievement Tests' - anyone else ever do them or know about them? They seemed to be designed to try to fit you into a career path. Mine told me I should write technical manuals. Being a kid who never liked being told what to do, and who lived inside books and their own head most of the time, I promptly took up art and writing poetry just to show the tests they were wrong.

 

[simonali]

This is serious worrying. I've scored 62.

Mildly retarded, according to this chart!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ_reference_chart

I've done a few online IQ tests and the results were never similar. This proves to me that they are a waste of time, as surely I'd have had a similar score each time I took one otherwise?

 

[Gromit]

I'm dyslexic so can't do IQ test very well, I get low marks all the time. I don't believe that they are an accurate measure of ones intelligence.

 

[Maz]

Given the composition of that sentence, I'm not surprised.

I bet you were EXTRA careful there were no spelling mistakes in that sentence, right?

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

I'm dyslexic so can't do IQ test very well, I get low marks all the time. I don't believe that they are an accurate measure of ones intelligence.

I've never actually taken a full formal test so I haven't really got any idea what my IQ is. However, I've seen enough of the tests, and had a go at parts of them, to see how they seem to work. I do extremely well on anything to do with words, logic, mathematical patterns and sequences. I struggle on anything to with shapes, rotations and spatial questions. On an averaging basis, this would probably drag me down considerably. However, the things I'm good at are exactly what I need in my job.

Unfortunately, I've not seen a test that has a component for winding lefties up. I'm quite sure that I'd do well on that.

 

[Keith Oates]

I came out as 133 so I suppose there is something inside the head that's working and there were no questions on cycling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[iacula]

When I was at school in Scotland they used the IQ test as a sort of 11+ exam. At least you didn't have to swot for it.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

there's a school of thought among psychologists that iq tests test the ability to do iq tests and little else.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

there's a school of thought among psychologists that iq tests test the ability to do iq tests and little else.

I must admit that I was intrigued to read that you could increase your IQ considerably by a lot of practice on the questions. If there was a fairly limited stock of standard questions and you worked hard, then no doubt you could become a genius.

 

[Dayvo]

For a lark, I tried one once: 132. I thought that that was OK so didn't want to try and improve it in case I totally fukced up and found my 'real' score!