Looking for reliable IQ test.

[Artsu Tharaz]

Have an argument with me and I'll tell you your IQ.

What a ridiculous idea, I shall do no such thing.

 

[redbaron]

109.641

 

[QuickTwist]

109.641

 

[PumpkinHead]

This is an old thread, but I thought I'd reply anyway. Knowing your IQ can be useful. For example, if you have an above average IQ and get bad grades, then it shows that something else is wrong. Without that knowledge, who knows? Maybe you got bad grades because your IQ is 85. You'd be doing ok for yourself, if that was the case. If you didn't know your IQ, you would never know to be satisfied with your poor performance or to look into having some other problem.

 

[HDINTP]

Today I believe that IQ actually does not tell you much. It was meant to indicate those who would have problems with classic schooling/or would seem to rather than meassure who is "superior". Humans turned it into some weird kind of competition (was trapped here myself for a while)

 

[PmjPmj]

It is human nature to turn everything into a dick-swinging contest.

 

[ZenRaiden]

For me its just curiosity to know how IQ test work and whats it for and what it can tell you. I have IQ of 98 or 89 cant remember which now. Anyway point is that IQ tests show us our ability to reason and work with different ideas in our head. The more you know about yourself the better I claim. As someone here said it could also indicate learning disability. HIgh IQ and low performance is typical for people with learnign disabilities.

Other than that one might curtial ones high expectations if IQ test shows that you simply dont have the skills necessary.

One thing that I did notice however is that IQ alone is very narrow description of ones ability from cognitive point of view since imagination and memory and other abilities such as language arent very well measured in IQ tests.

Overall I like to take and retake tests to see how my IQ grows, which is obviously cheating since test should be taken only once a years so retest error is at minimal.

Overall I like breaking down puzzles and seeing how I could have solved them.

I think however that impact of IQ on individual performance is overrated. Lots of people who are famous are assigned "guessed" IQs and there are things like sites where Einstein is given IQ of 160 or something. I find this rather odd since having such high IQ is pretty much not that important. I think they are forgetting that its not the IQ that measures performance of individuals in careers over long period of time. If someone like Feynman had IQ only 125 or so its obvious that IQ beyond 120 is more than enough to solve most hard problems if one is motivated to do so and has the necessary skills acquired in study in school. ALso lots of these geniouses are quite stupid some times. One give example such as Bobby Fischer who went completely nuts and pretty much acted all stupid and paranoid. Also IQ doesnt mean people are well educated. Lots of smart people say some of the stupidest things when they are ill informed. Having high IQ should not translate to having strong opinions about topics one doesnt have necessary information about.

 

[viche]

I went to the local Barnes & Nobles store and found books with self-timed self-administered MENSA tests there (near the psych section) that at first glance looked much more difficult than the online versions. If you want a more reliable and truthful score and are willing to dedicate 2 hours to test taking, try one of them. Online IQ tests gave 120-160 points to all my friends who took them, which is of course skewed and distorted scoring.

Generally if you go to your local library or a book store you may find some specialized and researched IQ tests there. (It's an IQ test in itself: to check whether you've started relying on internet for everything and forgotten all about libraries, books, and reading.)

 

[viche]

This real life functioning chart is also handy for estimating the ballpark of your own and other people's IQs. Check yourself realistically against it to see which of these occupations and professions would present a real challenge to you, and you have your estimate.

http://paulcooijmans.com/intelligence/iq_ranges.html

For example a person with IQ of 95 will intellectually struggle more in college than a person with IQ of 120. A person with IQ of 120 might drop out of college for various reasons, but not because they were truly struggling with the material. If the 120 IQ person graduates college, they may go on to get a masters degree, but will further struggle in a PhD program or working at a level of a tenured professor at a university, having to publish articles and write books. Whereas a person with IQ of 135+ will handle such intellectual tasks with greater ease.

 

[QuickTwist]

This real life functioning chart is also handy for estimating the ballpark of your own and other people's IQs. Check yourself realistically against it to see which of these occupations and professions would present a real challenge to you, and you have your estimate.

http://paulcooijmans.com/intelligence/iq_ranges.html

For example a person with IQ of 95 will intellectually struggle more in college than a person with IQ of 120. A person with IQ of 120 might drop out of college for various reasons, but not because they were truly struggling with the material. If the 120 IQ person graduates college, they may go on to get a masters degree, but will further struggle in a PhD program or working at a level of a tenured professor at a university, having to publish articles and write books. Whereas a person with IQ of 135+ will handle such intellectual tasks with greater ease.

I started looking at around 100 IQ range so that is prolly what I am. I am going off that people usually overestimate their intelligence and as such, if I start at a level just below what i think I am I am prolly in that range.

#Wifom

 

[The Gopher]

I started looking at around 100 IQ range so that is prolly what I am. I am going off that people usually overestimate their intelligence and as such, if I start at a level just below what i think I am I am prolly in that range.

#Wifom

Speaking of Wifom... *breaths down QT's neck*

 

[intpgene]

There are many IQ test online, most of them being inaccurate. From all of the searching I have done and taking many online tests, I have found very few tests that seem accurate.

The tests on this website seem accurate and challenging:
http://randymyers.me

I recommend the Advanced Intelligence Test and Callidus Spatial Tests. They are pretty difficult but well worth the effort.

There are a few others. You may want to look for the PH.D.