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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what cracks me up about this thread is that everybody knows their IQs as well as their husband's IQs and kid's IQs.  Everyone in my family is at least a college graduate, some ivy leaguers, many doctors/lawyers/other DCUM-ish type jobs and I don't think anyone has ever had an IQ test.  Where are you all getting IQ tests and why? This is very strange to me.  [/quote]

+1. This is weird. And very DC . . . If you didn't go to an Ivy League school, you are a moron . . . If your child doesn't have a 160 IQ, forget about him/her getting into Big 3 and Harvard! The horror!

Personally, I don't particularly want to know my or my family's IQs. I think it could affect my expectations in a negative way. Work ethic and interpersonal skills are much more important IMO. [/quote]

My husband and I know our IQs because we were both tested for gifted and talented classes in grade school. That's the only reason.[/quote]
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But those test scores from the 70s/80s are neither accurate nor stable. Anyone who knows anything about intelligence knows that. [/quote][/b]

Actually intelligence is relatively stable throughout the lifespan

http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/23/4/239.abstract?rss=1

And in the 80's the the same cognitive test (the WISC) was commonly used to assess intelligence, however just an earlier version of it.[/quote]

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