Iq Definition and 164 Threads

A few years ago, I watched a video clip on youtube of the late Professor J. Phillippe Rushton on the Donahue Talk Show in 1990. Professor Rushton was a professor of Psychology of a large university in Canada. The talk show host Phil Donahue (kind of sarcastically, in my opinion) asked J...

Is it plausible to get the highest grade all the time when your IQ is the highest in your class when you try your hardest? One answer that I got for this question is "My experience in high school is that if you really have the highest IQ in the class, you’ll get the highest grades without...

An IQ of 120 is plenty good, but the average IQ of Physics and Astronomy majors is higher. It's even higher for brilliant theoretical physicists and Physics PhD holders. So is it possible, with enough hard work and dedication, that someone with a 120 IQ could become a theoretical physicist? Or...

I've wanted to become a mathematical physicist for as long as I can remember. Hailing from a rather small place in India , I usually found myself smarter than the people around me .This gave me confidence that I'm going to make a great physicist one day . But now as a 12th grader who has moved...

So I have an excellent memory. It’s not eidetic but I remember minuscule details that other people shouldn’t. I always did pretty decent in school but I was weak in math. I am a grad student currently going for a degree in Library Sciences. My IQ was tested as a toddler and it was a little above...

Hey, I'm a senior in a high school in Canada and I'm thinking of pursuing mathematics and philosophy in university. I'm quite interested in mathematics and philosophy but I am also interested in lots of other topics. The main reasons that I want to study math and philosophy at university is...

(I'm 16 and german so sorry if my English is a little off) First off, I want to say that the purpose of this post is not to brag about IQ or some other bs like that. So when I was about 7 years old I took an IQ-Test because I was bored of school and another one when I was 12, both at...

I graduated from high school last year, and I didn't have the class rank that I wanted (I was stupid number 2 in the class) after lots of hard work. It all turned out that my hard work was wasted to get some stupid title, but it got me thinking that I probably wasn't genius enough to be ranked...

Do you think people with a high iq or high intelligence go to lectures or prefer to self-taught the things from University ? So instead of going to lectures they learn it without a professor or teacher. Is there a way to say make a conclusion ? Or is it too different ? And some high...

I asked this because I find myself in situations which trouble me deeply. I solve a deep interesting problem, I learn a new concept, its good but a single question which I'm not able to do, leaves me depressed, sometimes I can't just understand whether I CAN or CANNOT apply a concept to solve...

Hello. My question is about a specific case. Assume emitted signal ihas not been created using IQ modulation, what is the interest to rebuild an IQ signal in receiver before port-processing ?

Recently I checked my IQ at Mensa iq test and got an IQ score of 128. Is there anything special about it?

Hi, I've heard that Harvard and MIT students have an average IQ of 145. It looks very odd to me because I think it's ridiculously high. In my University the average is said to be around 123. Does anybody have any recourses about this topic? I'm trying to decide whether to have MIT as a goal, or...

Let's take a 100 IQ person, called A. Let's say there's a problem that needs solving that requires an IQ of 150, called B. Now how many of A would be required to solve B. (and would it actually be possible ?) I'm pretty certain that 10 A's do not a 1000 IQ make..

Upon reading about what members of this forum think about "IQ" (they don't think highly of it if you're wondering), and the rather inherent discrimination that measuring IQ comparatively to other individuals/nations/races/genders have/has, is there any attempt in the field of psychology, or...

Some of you may have noticed that practice improves IQ score. As one keeps on taking IQ tests, one after the other, IQ score in general keeps improving. Does that mean IQ is increasing with each test ? or are the IQ tests (as they exist currently) valid ?

What are the top 5 occupations which require the highest general IQ? Rank them from highest to least...

When I was 16 years old my psychiatrist gave me an IQ test and I scored really low, a mere 87. The reason why I'm asking this question is because I don't want to make the mistake of studying something that is outside of my intellectual boundaries. My only strength in the IQ test was pattern...

What is interesting is that IQ is based on percentile. Isn't this number a misleading in an intuitive sense? For example, consider Einstein. It is estimated that his IQ is somewhere around 160. Obviously this is well within the top one percent. But the number doesn't really say how many times...

What does the distribution curve of IQ in the world population look like? If the average IQ for all countries is 90 (Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen “IQ and the Wealth of Nations”), with an average IQ for sub-Saharan Africans of 70, I suppose that the distribution curve is higher on the downside...

So I've read this "article"[ http://afiodorov.github.io/2015/12/04/terry-replies/ ] that really depressed me especially because I'm young. Apparently the threshold IQ is around 150, so does that mean someone has no chance?

I love physics and maths,I am17,from Malaysia...My questions:Should I have a high IQ to study physics in university?Is it useful in the future?Are there many girls like to study physics?Or I am a weirdo? Haha, just kidding.I need answers and thank you!I hope Albert Einstein always...

That doesn't artificially inflate your results. So I'm curious to see how accurate it is (perceived to be) among the 'general population'. 43 minutes to solve out 38 pattern recognition problems. I scored 113 (SD15). Way less than what I usually get in this kind of online IQ games (130s/140s)...

I was thinking about drawbacks to high IQ, and I thought that maybe the increased glucose consumption from more difficult cognitive tasks could be one of those drawbacks. So a smarter brain could be in a way a "gas guzzler", which could leave you with decreased performance afterwards, which...

Homework Statement It is known that the IQ score of ten-year-old children in a particular population has a normal distribution with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. (a) What proportion of this population have an IQ score above 115? (b) Mary’s IQ is equal to the 80th percentile of this...

I'm a statistics major, due to engineering not being feasible (units) at this point, and that I'm not really interested in anything in particular that much.. Statistics seems like a degree that is neither too shabby or too good in terms of employ-ability, so it seems reasonable. my goal after...

When I was a senior in high school in 1999, I read a book titled A Complete idiot's guide to increasing your IQ. Of course, you can tell just from the title of the book that the author was claiming that one can increase one's IQ. But, more specifically, the author was claiming that an adult...

OK, ever since I was young I was well aware of my inability to draw. I had a friend who really could draw, and he did it so effortlessly. When I tried to draw, I had to erase erase and erase! I am asking this because I am a math major, and I would like to know if drawing is a talent that...

Last summer i did some iq tests, my first test had 10 questions and i scored 100 (average) after that i took a few iq tests but I don't look the score because I have ocd and fear for the tests and don't know it. After that I took the raven iq test and i scored 115 , at the iq test dk i scored...

Hello, I was searching on the net for some IQ tests and ended up on iqtestexperts.com But my mind cannot understand what solution must be applied to one IQ question in particular: This is the IQ question: To me it seems like the answer would be C, but for some reason it is inverted, and I...

Here's an interesting article I found today: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2010/01/10/working-memory-a-better-predictor-of-academic-success-than-iq/ It seems that working memory is a better predictor of academic success than IQ.

Hello .i'm Iranian girl,17, and I've finished my second grade of high school. this year is the last chance for participating in maths Olympiad but the biggest thing that caused I consider Olympiad after 2 years was I am afraid to not be a genius! You know everybody around me says the most...

New IQ tests online. Where on the Internet to find the best IQ tests?

Im curious to see what peoples iqs are on pfs. I scored a 144 on a wechsler adult intelligence scale test. Is that good? I fear i am only average for people here

Hi, I just took an IQ test, http://sifter.org/iqtest/ It relates the European IQ test to that of the Stanford-binet test. I just did it, but I was rather depressed and self-loathing, so maybe I could of done better... lol. I also was not aware of the time I was spending, perhaps better...

I'd be interested in seeing what your career is and your IQ. I'd also like your general thoughts on IQ and engineering, and do you think you need an IQ of 120 + to become a successful engineer? Also this IQ test, which I'm sure doesn't have too much validity to it, but it's fun...

the 4 pictures to the left follow a pattern. 1 of the 3 pictures to the right matches that pattern. which one?

Many scientists have never taken IQ tests so there is a lack of statistical data, but what is a realistic estimate? Do you think 135-140 would be the average?

Hi everyone, This is something that's been bothering me for a while, and I realize this isn't a self-help forum, but I was hoping I'd be able to elicit some intelligent responses on the matter. I've been a pretty great student all my life, maintaining a 3.7 GPA throughout high school, and...

I do not care what the average iq is. I want to know what the most common IQ is. I mean...For example: 120 120 120 120 120 120 40 40 Average of all this is 100. But 100 is not the mean IQ. I don't know if the bell curve is just assuming that the most common IQ is between 90-110 simply because...

Seems to be a real thing. http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/07/china-at-work-on-finding-the-iq-genes-and-then-what/ This research is certainly interesting. I think it's about time someone started doing this kind of work. Personally, I think finding the "ingredients" for intelligence is...

I find it surprising that China has found a way to measure intelligence! Let's kill all diversity and raise a new generation that are good at taking IQ tests.

Hi, i was just wondering what is the average iq of a physicist? Just asking because i am only 12 yo and i really want a career in mathematics/physics.

Hey guys, I did most of the IQ tests on the internet and I get about 140 in most of them but I couldn't do this one http://www.matrix67.com/iqtest/ I coun't even do question 1 so I am really curious to know how to do them :(

Is there anyone here with an extremely high IQ or is a member of MENSA? Less than 1% of the entire population has an IQ above 140. Anything above that number is what is considered "genius".

I saw a similar study by Yale psychologists, the results were roughly the same (they were mostly 1 or 2 points higher in most categories). http://www.statisticbrain.com/iq-estimates-by-intended-college-major/ Legally "mentally handicapped" person's IQ < 70 Average IQ = 100 by definition...

Hi, I'm JDW, I've got three questions I had in this IQ revision test which I could not complete due to not knowing the method, I'll type questions below, I'm just looking for an explanation on how to answer them, thank you very much :D. Jack is one and a third times as old as Jill. How old are...

For one reason or another I have began spending more time than I should be looking for and taking IQ tests. I do them because they're fun. Honestly though, the main reason I do for this obsession is an inferiority complex that I've been harboring for a while now. That being said, I've taken...

Hi everyone, Today I have been wondering if it is possible to improve your IQ and if you could how much could you improve it by. I was sceptical about to googleing such a topic as there is most likely company looking for paid subscriptions (and unreliable info). If it were possible, how do...

Hi. I created this account to ask this question. This seems like the type of community whose opinion I'd value. Basically, I'm a 19 year old math major at what most would consider a very good university. I'm definitely very smart, but as of a year or two ago have been having emotional...