IQ Test - Ever wondered how intelligent you are?

IQ Test - How Smart are You?

This test is supposedly very near accurate and has been tested and compared with a popular clinical IQ test. Good luck!
Some other interesting tests:

Inkblot Test - What’s lurking in your subconscious?
Freudian Test - What would good ole’ Sigmund say about you?
Emotional IQ - How People Smart are you?
Sexual Personality - Who are you really like behind the bedroom door?

You forgot to mention that you have dish out $14.95 to know what your results mean. I have no idea what is considered to be a low or high iq.

Here is an even better IQ Test: highIQsociety.org

Yeah, I forgot to mention that; however, it isn’t necessary to pay the fee in order to get your IQ score. The $14.95 report is just gimmickry to make money. The average is 100, anything below means you are an idiot and anything above means that you may still be an idiot but at least you have the capability not to be. :smiley: Below is a chart that explains the bell curve and each standard deviation.

Average: 85 - 115
Above average: 116 - 125
Gifted Borderline Genius: 126 - 135
Highly gifted and appearing to be a Genius to most others: 136 - 145
Genius: 146 - 165
High Genius: 166 - 180
Highest Genius: 181 - 200
Beyond being measurable Genius: Over 200

Generally, one's mental age stops rising rapidly when one reaches the latter teens--e. g., 16. Consequently, on some IQ tests, "16" was taken as the chronological-age divisor in an IQ calculation for adults. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale is calibrated for all ages up to 70, with chronological-age divisors appropriate to every age 70 or below. 
The average IQ is, by definition, 100. To get an idea what this means, someone with an IQ of 80 or below is considered to be marginally able to cope with the adult world. People with IQ's of 80 or below typically work as unskilled laborers such as lawn maintenance and trash pickup. They generally need help from friends or family to manage life's complications. About 10% of the population has an IQ of 80 or below. 
People with IQ's of 80-90 are a little on the slow side but may be found in fast-food restaurants, day-care centers, etc. They may also be found in unskilled jobs. About 16% of the population has IQ's in this range. 
People with IQ's of 90-110 generally occupy semi-skilled positions, including typists, receptionists, assembly line workers, and checkout clerks. They are able to keep up with the world, and comprise about 46% of the public. 
People with IQ's in the 110 to 120 range fill the skilled trades and include some tool and die makers, teachers, and Ph. D.'s among their ranks. They also make up 16% of the population. 
People with IQ's of 120 and above tend to staff the professions as doctors, dentists, lawyers, teachers, and college professors. They fall in the upper 10% of the population.

[Taken from http://www.megafoundation.org/UltraHIQ/HIQNews/Definition_of_IQ.html]

Does that help?

BTW, for anyone who feels that they did not do as well as they expected to, it’s easier to make an IQ score that’s lower than your true IQ than it is to make a score that’s higher. Taking a test on a bad day, or spending too much time on a few difficult items could artificially lower one’s score. The best results are obtained when more than one test is administered.

— Ok i scored over 120, how come i’m not a professor? :unamused:

I scored 117 out of honesty, like if someone was fat and lost weight would you give them a cookie or not–of course youd give them a cookie! the old, we have phd certificate talk; well a phd is different everywhere you go, as that was soo effeminate office questionaire talk, i thought well lets do it again, placing myself in the shoes of what a women would do and say and that time i got 134. Well that was the emotional IQ, in the subconscious one im 172,283 hours old: how class is that, im 19.7 years old.

I’ve taken two I.Q tests online, and scored a 136 and 142. I suppose I should stop waiting tables… :confused:

I.Q tests are a rather miserable attempt at measuring intelligence (in my genius-like opinion mind you :stuck_out_tongue: ) They really only measure what you have been exposed to, not what you are capable of. On top of that, I.Q tests are ignoring the countless other facets of genius- athletic, muscial, comedic, artistic, etc.

I took an emotional I.Q test as well, and found that test quite laughable. Several of the questions had several right answers, the correct being right only because it coincided with the personality of the person (or people) that made it and their moral and ethical backgrounds. There are many factors that determine what makes a particular action emotionally correct, and what course of action is correct for me is not necessarily correct for everyone else. In the test I took atleast, these factors were not accounted for, most likely because they cannot be

— Matthew E. said

— I tend to agree with that. One of the questions merely required a familiarity with fibonacci numbers to answer it. Who has exercised more intelligence?; I, who knew beforehand of the pattern, or the poor bloke who successfully worked it out for himself? I don’t think that intelligence is about memorization, it is about conceptualization and the working out of real problems in one’s environment, otherwise, any idiot savant could do just as well. Using what you know in new and useful ways, THAT is intelligence. Granted that a certain amount of memory is a necessary prerequisite for intelligence, but it should never be confused with intelligence qua intelligence.

— Ok. I got a 126 on the emotional IQ test with my strongest suit in empathy, at least age is good for something…

Thanks for clearing that up Skep.

I disagree. Children can be accurately assessed as early as 3 years old. 20 years later they will score the same. I.Q’s do not change, although there is such thing as an inaccurate test. Although this one is not certifiable, it has been thoroughly tested and compared with many clinical I.Q. tests. Supposedly, it is very accurate.

However, I would agree that a high I.Q. does not make you a Piaget or a John Milton (both scored off the charts). Just as Marshall refered to the Idiot Savant, you must be able to craft your intelligence into something useful or else it is worthless. Who really needs a human calculator? I have already got a computer that is 1000 times better. But I.Q. matched with the right personality and other exceptional traits, provides the framework for unimaginable accomplishments. Notice that we don’t find the paradigms pushed by your normal, everyday kinda guy. It has always been someone with an exceptional I.Q.

Wouldn’t it be interesting to have a 200 IQ? I wonder if I would see the world differently? (Probably not! How much could a “1” point difference really make! :smiley: )

— I actually had my IQ tested at an early age and it has remained remarkably consistent as you say, (i’ve tested it on the internet about 4 times since then sometimes getting the same number). Is the test a measure of actuality or only potentiality, or as one here has put, “what you have been exposed to”? I believe most people would rule out actuality as Skeptic has said

. Intelligence of it’s own can bear no progeny.
— Useful aside for Skeptic. Maybe you’re aware of this: Idiot Savants do things other than calculate huge numbers, some have memorized phone books, play musical instruments and do other wierd esoteric things.
— I think that frequently, having a high IQ makes it harder to relate to other people, in some ways it may be a liability.

I agree Marshall, I got a higher score than Matthew E. (146) on the high IQ society test and yet he’s obviously better-read and more mature than me, and probably has better concentration and drive than I do as well (it would be difficult not to). In fact, despite being classed as a “genius” (just) I have to repeat my last year at college because of poor attendance and some other problems. What good has being a supposed genius done me, then? I’m also told I have an emotional IQ of 118… meaning that I should have a “happy, healthy and successful” life. At least 30 points out if you ask me.
IQ tests are measuring something, but this something is of uncertain usefulness and determined in quite an arbitrary way.

— I think i suffered the same Grave Disorder (sic!) when i was younger, i had a high IQ but the emotional intelligence of a spoiled child, and i’ve been unable to relate to a lot of people. Maybe as Cicero said, “Experience is the best teacher.”.
— Another thing, IQ measures your aptitude, but not your attitude, and i’m not talking about emotional intelligence toward people, i’m talking about that indomitable will and goodspiritedness that resides in the soul of a person who truly enjoys their vocation, that has to be worth 20 or 30 IQ points in itself.
— I try not to compare myself with others, personally i wish everyone in the World was smarter than me, i would be able to learn so much…

It called me a visionary philosopher :smiley: yay, thanks :sunglasses:

With 138, I’m Highly gifted and appearing to be a Genius to most others. My arse. People always think I’m average, if not below that.
I’ve always only just been off genius as far as IQ goes :cry: How frustrating. Stupid freudian ego ideal causing inner conflict. Fat lot of good a high IQ and average EQ means for me as far as social success and job prospects or satisfaction go though. I’m an anti-social misanthropic drop-out guitarist with absolutely no work ethic or ambition whatsoever, who’s kinda interested in philosophy and psychology but only has qualifications in subjects that bore me to death.

Silhouette, you wouldnt happen to be my twin :slight_smile:

Superb! Great and interesting posts by all.

With an average IQ of 136 I constantly find myself amazed at being in the top 5%.

I don’t regard myself as particularly bright, but if in fact I am, then heaven help the human race !

Not being very successful accademically and infact not being able to hold down a job due to mental Illness, I really do wonder what I lack that others, successful in what society holds in high regard, posess. Surely it can’t just be the fact that I’m as mad as a badger?

But then I do consider myself successful in my relationships with my wife and daughters… but that race has a long way to run yet… oh and I’ve got a handful of ‘true’ friends, I reckon they’re pretty hard to find.

I feel lucky being intelligent enough to desire knowledge and being stupid enough to have to work things out.

MentulZen.

Interesting… it seems that those of us with very high IQs mostly have mental illnesses. Is this because people of higher intelligence will always deviate from the social norms of the average, or does high intelligence cause traits which are destructive rather than just being unusual?

Been thinking on a bit…
Now I shall try not to put forward what I believe but put forward an idea that came to me today.

Suposing evolution theory is true, I thought maybe our species evolved to specialise in a certain kind of intelligence.
Each individual brain is uniquely wired so no two persons thought patterns are the same.
Some brains are average and do not specialise any futher than has already been evolved.
Other brains, through the random genetic modifer, try a new specialisation.
EG Savants, could be said specialise in in certain areas, like memory, or music etc, while lacking the ability to cope with day to day life. extreme specialization.

Those of a low IQ, although seeming stupid compared to those of high IQ, do infact specialise in another area of intelligence, that those of Hi IQ can not comprehend, just as those of low IQ can not comprehend what is like to have hi IQ.

Hi IQ and mental Illness, through my experience, it can not be said that those with mental Illness posess a hi IQ, or those with Hi IQ posess mental Illness.

Mental Illness is just a by product of each genetic make ups random mutation factor or even a specific specialization in itself. eg trying to specialise in a certain area of Unknown Intelligence.
The same as Low IQ can not comprehend Hi IQ. Thos with out mental Illness can not comprehend those with mental Illness.

Becuase it is not of the norm or average it is scorned, riddiculed and seen as something to be cured. Just as those with low IQ are pushed aside as being worthless or of little value to society.

It is infact just that those areas of specialisation are not under stood, as their benifits have not been explored, mainly becuase the majority of sociecty is beyond comprehending any benifit such conditions may offer.

Just my two cup cakes worth.

MentulZen.

— It’s fascinating. Sometimes damage in one part of the brain can actually strengthen an ability in another part, and as has been pointed out in these forums before, this may be the reason for the behavior of idiot savants. Nature has ways of compensating.
— Michel Foucault in Madness and civilization points out that rational people actually define themselves by irrational people. He ought to know, although a brilliant man he saw a psychiatrist once himself.

I have an IQ of around 142 which is odd, as I tend to fail miserably in all my school exams and am the school’s bottom stream.

— I just read that persons who receive pre-frontal lobotomies still retain the same IQ, in a lot of cases pre-frontal damage to the brain fails to hinder that person’s IQ, but it does affect short-term memory, attention, suppression of responses, and context sensitivity.