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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Is there a way I can take an actual IQ test without spending a few hundred bucks ordering one from the organizations that make them? I am not interested in the BS online variety that give deliberately inflated scores; I want the real thing, like Raven's Progressive Matrices or Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
Also, what are your experiences with and thoughts about intelligence testing? |
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| Lira |
I've always done pretty well in all tests I've taken so far. I'd have to do some digging to find out what tests I took, and I'm not sure if I've ever been given a number (like those Mensa people that claim their IQ is over nine thousand).
One thing I noticed is that the more you study, the better you fare at most tests. That's why I said in that other thread that, if you're well read, or deal a lot with numbers, you're probably going to do just fine... at least, that's how it worked for me.
I'm talking just about the tests I took here but, I find them usually too biased towards the traditional definition of intelligence: mathematics and spatial puzzles galore. I'm sure Pythagoras would be very proud. No attention paid whatsoever to social intelligence, emotional intelligence, or anything Daniel Goleman would ever write about :p |
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| ziptnf |
| Just so you guys know, I have the IQ of a mayonnaise jar. A very intelligent mayonnaise jar. |
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| dj_alfi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
No attention paid whatsoever to social intelligence, emotional intelligence, or anything Daniel Goleman would ever write about :p |
true, but you do have other tests, like the Voight-Kampff test for instance, that deals with that. |
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| tubularbills |
| i lol when people pay money to test how smart they are |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
No attention paid whatsoever to social intelligence, emotional intelligence, or anything Daniel Goleman would ever write about |
But these are not normally what people are talking about when they call someone "intelligent," at least not in English. Someone who is slow-witted but who is very personable and has lots of friends is nevertheless not usually called "intelligent," in my experience. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
i lol when people pay money to test how smart they are |
That is just the thing, though. I am not willing to pay money, or at least not very much. I am curious, but not enough to pay the prices I have seen so far. |
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| Lira |
I've never had to take one of those, Alfi.
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
But these are not normally what people are talking about when they call someone "intelligent," at least not in English. Someone who is slow-witted but who is very personable and has lots of friends is nevertheless not usually called "intelligent," in my experience. |
That's why I said it was "the traditional definition". |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
That is just the thing, though. I am not willing to pay money, or at least not very much. I am curious, but not enough to pay the prices I have seen so far. |
good. |
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| tubularbills |
| however, i hate it when people say, "see, that's the thing". i don't know why, just bugs the crap out of me. |
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| smekzg |
| High IQ Society test gave me very similar results as the official mensa test. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_alfi
true, but you do have other tests, like the Voight-Kampff test for instance, that deals with that. |
I'd like to see The Arbiter take that test. |
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