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I don't know my child's IQ - am I a bad parent?
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Anonymous
You can take an IQ test through Mensa: http://www.us.mensa.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home , which is what I did. They did not provide me with my score, however I qualified and as a member I get a nice Geico discount. So you can find out if you are over/under 130 (or whatever the cut-off, I can't remember). |
Anonymous
you only want to take an IQ test once. |
Anonymous
I completely understand the poster who thinks her IQ is lower now than as a child. I feel the same way and would not take a test now if you paid me! |
Anonymous
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'Anonymous wrote:
Newsflash: IQ's "up around 145" are extremely rare. IQ tests are scored on a bell curve, after all. Only 2.2% of the population has an IQ over 130. So take it with a grain of salt when people tell you their kid's IQ is in the 140's. A child with an IQ of 125 is not just "above average" but actually bright. Yes -- so if a parent says her child has an IQ of 145, that tells me important information. And for the DC area, and the DCUM posters in particular, I don't think a 145 is as rare as it is in the general population. And an IQ score of 125, while "quite bright" is about average for the population many people are talking about. ' I think they have changed the tests and scoring since we are kids so the higher scores are less common. I tested at 150 many years ago. I probably would test lower today. School work was always very easy for me, I scored high on any standardized test, and could gets As without doing much work. I could crack a book cold and write a 4 page paper in under an hour. I am no rocket science. Once I got into the upper level under grad and grad courses where academic work required more than just knowing the answers and doing actual work my grades slipped. I had never developed good work habits and this really took my by surprise. Several of my friends who had always needed to work harder to do well started doing better than me. I ended up doing fine and I am successful now but I'm doing about the same as many of friends who probably have lower IQs but had great work habits. I have no interest in testing my kids but I will be cautious about making sure that develop depth in subjects that they find easy so they learn how to be challenged and more importantly how to be organized and push through things that take more time. If my kids end up being normal or even below normal, I will not freak out because again many people become just as successful if not more successful by developing good habits. |
Anonymous
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PP, you are correct. The WISC IV, which is the most common IQ test, has a scoring system that comes out about 8 pts lower than its predecessor the WISC III.
So a kid who scores 130 on a WISC IV would have scored 138 (more or less) on the WISC III. I think this was part of an overall effort to diminish the "topping out" effect, where very smart people tested to the limits. What this means is that an IQ in the 140s today could very well have been in the 150s previously - that's really high. If someone has a kid in the 140's, it's worth paying attention to for all sorts of reasons. |
Anonymous
| I had a nearly identical experience to the 11:09. I have several friends in the 140/150 range. We can't be all that rare. |
Anonymous
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"How does an adult go about testing their IQ? As a child I was tested and scored reasonably high, but nowdays, I really can't imagine being that much above average. Could my IQ have lowered? And no, this is not a fake post. I'm seriously curious. "
My understanding is that the testing isn't reliable if it is done before the older elementary years. |
Anonymous
Sorry to burst your bubble, but any qualified psychologist who conducts intelligence testing will tell you that it is not possible to measure, with any certainty, an IQ higher than 135 "or above". So all those who claim a 145, 150, or 160 IQ are either liars or victims of bad intelligence testers. 135 and up is it. |
Anonymous
\ No, you don't. You have several friends in the 135 and up range who, for whatever reason (most likely hubris) settled on 140 or 150. |
Anonymous
Your understanding is correct. |
Anonymous
Not worth paying anymore attention to than a kid who has an IQ iof "135 or above" Because you cannot accurately measure an IQ higher than that. |
Anonymous
Can you cite that? |
Anonymous
Then how do you explain all the High IQ societies? One example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Society |
Anonymous
We haven't discussed IQ, actually. I know what I scored and I know which of my friends are more intelligent. I am not going to venture a guess as to their exact score, but the estimation is useful in a general discussion. |
Anonymous
| We worked with a top local neurologist per our child and he noted that my son's IQ (approx 140) was not too unusual in this area. He sees a fair number of high IQ kids who sometimes at a young age have puzzling behavior that might plop them in his office for an evaluation. There are times it is helpful to know your child's IQ. And, yes, he did seem to differentiate between extremely gifted 145 plus and the band he would be put my son in-- so there must be some validity to higher numbers (realize when you are talking about 1% of the population over 135 it gets tricky to deal with the small numbers and statistics). |