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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mensa sends you a practice test, so you can take that before you take the real thing.

Should your kids prep for their IQ test?

What if the kids like the puzzle like games that are similar to the IQ test, and they play with them without you prompting?[/quote]

Absolutely not. As a psychologist if I found out the child prepped the test would be invalid![/quote]

I don't understands why? The kid won't have access to THE TEST, but just some maybe similar questions. Also, for example, the SB has lessons from fables on it. I've been reading/teaching my kids fables since they were little. I'm not prepping them. If they took the SB, provided it still had this section, the kid has to come up with his/her own lesson. No matter how many fables I told them, if the didn't have it in them, they wouldn't answer correctly. [/quote]

Because the test is designed to measure a child’s response to novel stimuli and questions.  You can't compare a child who practices to their peers (test norms).  Practice effects significantly reduces the validity of IQ tests as the scores are not reflective of their true  intellectual ability thus, not valid.[/quote]

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