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Anonymous wrote:I know, roughly. Psychologist family member tested me and my two siblings. Like a PP, my parents didn't want us to compare so I know the three of us all fall in the 130 to 140 range but not my exact IQ.

A family member tested you and you are in the 0.1 percentile. C’mon. You were stupid kids then but what’s your excuse now?

If they had said 160 I'd be skeptical, but this is a pretty "average" range in the smart bucket. All of us were top students with little effort, went to Ivy League schools, and are accomplished in our fields. I guess my neurosurgeon brother could have a sub-130 IQ but this range sounds right given other factors.

Anonymous wrote:PP here again. There are a lot of downsides of high IQ. I think the sweet spot is around 125. Once you get higher than that, you start having different types of problems. My husband and several family members are 150-165, and I’m not the slightest bit jealous.

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Anonymous wrote:These tests have got to be BS. if 100 is average, where are all the people who get below 100?

There's some confirmation bias. Those of us who scored well don't mind answering the question. But also, let's not forget the demographics of the DC are and DCUM. We are more highly educated than the average, and the IQ test definitely shows privilege bias.

Maybe. But the scores people are posting are exaggerated. It doesn’t take a genius with a high IQ to see that. It’s embarrassing.

People with very high scores - and I know some of them - would have no qualms posting their scores on an anonymous board, especially since it’s the kind of thing no one brags about publicly. So I don’t think that the scores people are posting are exaggerated. You don’t have to believe them, but your “it’s embarrassing” comes across as a little…I dunno…defensive. I’ll just remind you that IQ is ultimately meaningless and has no bearing on success in life.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone going to fess up to having an iq ~100?

Anonymous wrote:I had a 139 when I was 14. I haven't taken it since. I had only slightly above average SAT scores though!

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is 138. I was tested because I didn't speak at all before 4 years old. Then I fell out of the moving car in the parking lot on the way to get the test. But, it turns out that was unrelated. I have since made of for my early lack of speech in spades.

My older brother who spoke for me has an IQ of 118. I know because I found all his files in a box at my house. I had great fun making fun of all of the comments in his report cards. What a fun day!

How do they test a child who doesn’t speak?

They don’t. The PP is lying. The test for 4 year olds is the WPPSI and it is totally unreliable at its best. More than half of it is “What is this?” or questions that require a verbal response. The other half is puzzles or “point to ___”

I was not lying. But I have no idea how they did the testing. I do remember the parking lot incident but not the rest of the testing experience. (This was around 1980) I don’t believe I was fully mute, but mostly. I started reading extremely early. Maybe I could do one word answers. I do not know of taking another IQ test after that, but I was always in G&T classes. Then in 7th grade, I got a perfect score on the SAT, which qualified me for CTY. Then I spent all of college teaching standardized tests. Patterns and games are my favorite; SAT math, LSAT and whatever they call the dental school exam (I forgot; it has been over 20 years) were my specialities. I wasn’t particularly good on the ACT nor would I be for anything medical; recall isn’t a strength.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is 138. I was tested because I didn't speak at all before 4 years old. Then I fell out of the moving car in the parking lot on the way to get the test. But, it turns out that was unrelated. I have since made of for my early lack of speech in spades.

My older brother who spoke for me has an IQ of 118. I know because I found all his files in a box at my house. I had great fun making fun of all of the comments in his report cards. What a fun day!

How do they test a child who doesn’t speak?

They don’t. The PP is lying. The test for 4 year olds is the WPPSI and it is totally unreliable at its best. More than half of it is “What is this?” or questions that require a verbal response. The other half is puzzles or “point to ___”

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Anonymous wrote:I know, roughly. Psychologist family member tested me and my two siblings. Like a PP, my parents didn't want us to compare so I know the three of us all fall in the 130 to 140 range but not my exact IQ.

A family member tested you and you are in the 0.1 percentile. C’mon. You were stupid kids then but what’s your excuse now?

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Anonymous wrote:These tests have got to be BS. if 100 is average, where are all the people who get below 100?

It's a bell curve -- most people are clustered around 100, very few at either end. 70% of people are between 85 and 120. Below 70 (two standard deviations below the mean) is considered cognitively impaired (less than 2% of people), while 130 and up are considered cognitively gifted (also less than 2% of people).

And the ones who claimed they were in the top 2% didn’t know this very basic information when they were writing things like “busboy” or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine was 138. Low for my family: my sister was 148, our mom was 156, and my father's was close to 180. I have never met anyone smarter than my father. But if you think being a super genius makes you super competent, etc., guess again. My father was brilliant, but EQ stunted. It is hard to hold a regular conversation with someone who intellectualizes everything.

My brilliant father (200) is in his third marriage. He’s cut off his mother, his sister, and his daughter among others. Emotional T Rex

One of my sons to my surprise has an IQ of 104. All of his life, people marveled at his intelligence, vocabulary etc. He made excellent grades and is very successful in his career.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is 138. I was tested because I didn't speak at all before 4 years old. Then I fell out of the moving car in the parking lot on the way to get the test. But, it turns out that was unrelated. I have since made of for my early lack of speech in spades.

My older brother who spoke for me has an IQ of 118. I know because I found all his files in a box at my house. I had great fun making fun of all of the comments in his report cards. What a fun day!

How do they test a child who doesn’t speak?

Anonymous wrote:How high does it go? Whatever it is that’s mine

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Anonymous wrote:These tests have got to be BS. if 100 is average, where are all the people who get below 100?

There's some confirmation bias. Those of us who scored well don't mind answering the question. But also, let's not forget the demographics of the DC are and DCUM. We are more highly educated than the average, and the IQ test definitely shows privilege bias.

Is IQ something you were born with? Or is it increased with education?