<p>My IQ is about 3.1415</p>
<p>Hey! ! ! ! ! !</p>
<p>I think my IQ is 175, but my kids say it's about 75. I imagine the truth is somewhere in between.</p>
<p>Or, it's eleventy-teen.</p>
<p>175!
you're beyond genuis.</p>
<p>I thought that I'd stop in and see if we had any guests.</p>
<p>Good seeing you, craze</p>
<p>same here!</p>
<p>why were they even invented anyway? In my opinion, it's not that accurate. You only need to take it once and then you'll understand the way it goes.</p>
<p>You're quite right actually...</p>
<p>The first intelligence test was developed by a French psychologist, Alfred Binet. His goal was to pinpoint kids that were likely to have trouble with school curriculum. </p>
<p>It was then developed into a quotient at Stanford by a man by the name of Lewis Terman.</p>
<p>131 :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I got 120 to 150 usually so that area.</p>
<p>Wait a tick...</p>
<p>120 to 150 is a HUGE difference. We're talking the difference between "gifted" and "genius."</p>
<p>Which is it? :confused:</p>
<p>I took the certified test back in 5th grade in order to get into the gifted program at my school. I got a 144; however, I have absolutely no idea what that means. Would anyone care to explain how the system works?</p>
<p>I got a 123 in 7th grade. I got a higher score in 6th grade, but apparently that was a "practice test", so it didn't count. :P</p>
<p>That test is a joke. Honestly, it doesn't test how smart you are. You don't need a brain to tell what is missing in the picture or how to construct blocks.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm not gifted and I could care less. A high IQ hardly means anything. I have gifted friends that makes C's and D's in their classes.</p>
<p>Cheese: an IQ above 136 ( MENSA standards) means that you are gifted.</p>
<p>Yay!!!!!!! I'll just let my teachers know. Then they can start just assigning me A's.</p>
<p>IQ is a normal distribution (OK, it tends to be one-tailed to the high end, but it's pretty close) around the mean score of 100. The standard deviation of the curve is 15 -- so roughly two-thirds of people fall between 85 and 115. The test seems to be most repeatable and "valid" in this range. The number of people with IQ scores over 130 (or two SDs above the mean) is about 2.5%. The number with IQs over 145 is about .15%. </p>
<p>The standard IQ tests are generally believed (at least by me) to be less accurate -- whatever that means in this context -- the farther you get from the mean. IMO, the difference between 145 and 155 is probably not discernable in any real way. </p>
<p>The best description I've ever heard is that whatever it is IQ tests measure, they are quite good at it. It's just not clear what the measured attribute is.</p>
<p>I am curious if anyone here has ever been called a genius by their teachers considering that there are so many intelligent people on this board.</p>
<p>I've been called a genuis before, by my 2 yr old cousin.</p>
<p>Rick: How good of a test is the original Mensa?</p>