Validity of I-net ICQ tests?

[Dixon Carter Lee]

The score, if it's a valid test (and MENSA can tell you which tests are valid), is a measure of your aptidue for learning, not neccesarily how "smart" you are. If you scored 144 you're in the top 2% of the nation (just) and most likely eligible for membership with MENSA.

Now, different scores mean different things on different tests. A score of 144 on one test might actually translate to score of 132 on another test, so if you're truly curious contact MENSA for help.

I qualified as a result of my high school test scores (they gave us I.Q. tests way back then without telling us what they were), but I decided to make sure it wasn't a fluke and went to an official MENSA test meeting. They gave me two different kinds of tests (because some people do well on the first test, and some always do better after they've relaxed and take another test). They accept they highest score, on whichever test you take. When I took it a score of 145 got you in on one test, and a scroe of 150 got you in on the other.

 

[Weird Harold]

I didn't take the test, but I did look at the sample.

I think that the score can probably be a fair indication of IQ, but the variables of mood, screen resolution, and such make it an unreliable way of taking the test.

I would have to say that it should be considered for entertainment only.

Actually, the sample is more of a test of reading skill than IQ.

The assessment tests I took for the military, weren't quite IQ tests, but they involved much more than being able to read and determine true/false for a given statement.

They involve things like being able to determine what shape a pattern would fold into, logic problems (both boolean math and problem solving word problems), and a wide variety of other mental challenges.

Granted the assessment test the military uses are more skills assesment tests than IQ tests, but IQ (in the form of reasoning abilities,) is part of the skills assessed.

 

[Savage Kitten]

In the past few days I have taken a couple of IQ tests on the Internet. I have always known I had good common sense and picked up on things quickly, but the results of the tests really suprised me.

I scored a 144 on the following test www.iqtest.com and on the Mensa brain challenge test I got 11 outta 15 right.

So do these tests mean anything? or should the only be thought of as entertainment purposes?

 

[Hullo_nurse]

Well, I took the test for fun, too and scored a 144 also. I guess that means all of us here on Lit are smart asses, eh??

 

[Sammyjo]

I took it and got 143...but I was distracted...LOL...

I always knew I was fabulous, now I have proof.

 

[Patryn]

Not to be picky, but I thought the irony of your typo (ICQ tests) vs the actual content, (IQ tests) was somewhat funny.

 

[Savage Kitten]

Originally posted by Patryn:
Not to be picky, but I thought the irony of your typo (ICQ tests) vs the actual content, (IQ tests) was somewhat funny.

LMAO that IS soooooo funny!! see what I mean?? I can be totally airheaded at times.. I guess I had my other thread concerning ICQ on the brain as I typed that heading haha

 

[Lasher]

Isn't it funny that right after the the damn thing tells everyone they're a genius (ANYONE score less than 140 yet?), it asks you for $10 to find out what it all means....

Does that strike anyone else as odd??

[This message has been edited by Lasher99 (edited 06-16-2000).]

 

[Bodizefi]

I got a 141 while taking it drunk with about 3 hours sleep over the past two days. I think that should put me at Genius level. You all can now kiss my smart drunken ass!

 

[Sammyjo]

Ever the cynic

Lasher, come on...don't you believe we are ALL geniuses? And don't you think that geniuses would know that sending them the $10 would be a good thing? I mean, I'm willing to give them my life savings if they tell me I'm a genius...aren't you?

 

[Sammyjo]

What do you think?

Ok...do you think people with high IQ's have less common sense?

Do you think that we may make less than perfect judgement when it comes to other things?

I've often wondered about how I can be intelligent, but still be so fucking stupid sometimes.

Just a thought

 

[Weird Harold]

IQ vs Common Sense

Ok...do you think people with high IQ's have less common sense?

Do you think that we may make less than perfect judgement when it comes to other things?

Many years ago, I had a trainee that was an absolute whiz at electronic theory. He actually understood exactly how the radar system worked, and could explain aspects of the theory that had puzzled me for years.

The problem with trying to train him to FIX the system, is that he was a total kluts when it came to mechanical things. He couldn't remember which way to turn a bolt, and had no feel for how tight a bolt should be. He was constantly cross-threading and snapping bolts when installing components.

So yes, sometimes a high IQ corresponds to a lack of common sense. I have known many people who were very smart, but were total incompetants when it came to social situations, or practical applications of their knowledge.

I have also known a lot of very bright people who were well grounded in the real world and applied their intelligence to everyday things with ease.

The difference seems to be mostly in the breadth of the intelligence. Someone who is very smart about one thing tends to concentrate on that one thing (or area of knowledge) to the exclusion of everyday things.

Everyone is different, and geniuses can be driven by hormones, impulsive or unobservant, and thoughtless just like morons and all of the levels in between.