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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
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Anyways, I was wondering wut everybody thought of the validity of the IQ test, I personally think its nonsense since:
1. IQ test measures mainly analytic intelligence, and only a narrow field of analytic intelligence
2. IQ test seeks to measure "inherent" mental ability, something that is fundamentally unable to be measured 100% accurately
3. IQ tests assert that after adulthood, IQ is unchangeable, I think intelligence (even fundamental thinking skills, and not knowledge of facts) is able to grow through life
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coliejo
Active User, very eHealthy
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
I've learned a lot since then and I felt that my overall emotional/life smarts, social smarts, critical thinking, logical thinking, etc. have gone up quite a bit 
Ya, that's true, humanity is kind of hard pressed to find an alternative test to the IQ test....However, I think a longterm analysis of analytic, creative, and practical inteligence beats the IQ test
Ya, that's true, humanity is kind of hard pressed to find an alternative test to the IQ test....However, I think a longterm analysis of analytic, creative, and practical inteligence beats the IQ test
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mominashoe
Moderator
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coliejo
Active User, very eHealthy
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
Ya, I agree. That's why I spend as much time on socializing as I do with studying
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
Lol, I took it again over spring break, it counts now since I'm 16 and the adult IQ test is accurate for me. I got 3 points higher to make it 149, lol. I thought I would get a lot "smarter", but whatever. I'm a lot socially and emotionally smarter than I used to be and that's wut matters more
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catonia
Experienced User
I scored 1 
Haha,just kidding,i actually scored a pitiful 88.I have the intelligence of a peanut
Haha,just kidding,i actually scored a pitiful 88.I have the intelligence of a peanut
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
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coliejo
Active User, very eHealthy
I have never taken an IQ test, I consider myself smart and thats all that matters i was actually one of the smartest people in my grade (quizbowl team and everything, lol) but i cannot take tests like that, i will do bad. PLus, like you said it doesnt cover so much it does on ly cover the analytical intelligence
i was actually one of the smartest people in my grade (quizbowl team and everything, lol) but i cannot take tests like that, i will do bad. PLus, like you said it doesnt cover so much it does on ly cover the analytical intelligence
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
Lol, I'm confident about my intelligence as well. I just like taking IQ tests to see if my analytic abilities have gone up (although solving math proofs or a long-term assessment like math/science grades is probably more accurate, lol). What's quiz-bowl? We don't have that at our school I think we used to have debate club but now that's disappeared
I think we used to have debate club but now that's disappeared
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coliejo
Active User, very eHealthy
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
That sounds so fun! I love answering questions about every subject I can think of! Oh well, even if my high school doesn't have that, I can always try out for a trivia TV show, lol
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coliejo
Active User, very eHealthy
I have thought about doing that too! my mom always tells me to try out for are you smarter than a 5th grader b/c i always get the questions right when we play at home
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mominashoe
Moderator
I got the highest grades in my class of 15 in my Freshman year. I always managed to stay in the top 5 no matter if I was taking Calculus and Physics. I just took an IQ test on facebook...I don't know how accurate that is, but I scored a 117. I have no idea what that means, but oh well lol. I think some of the questions are stupid....yeah, I'm smart enough to think that lol
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coliejo
Active User, very eHealthy
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Beline
Supporter
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
Lol, that's why I like Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence model better than the IQ model. Gardner divided intelligence into intrapersonal, interpersonal, body kinesthetic, musical, spatial visualization, mathematical-logical, naturalistic, and linguistic
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coliejo
Active User, very eHealthy
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Fighter_in_the_Sky_
Experienced User
Lol, I also read nerdy books about proving math theorems, organic chemistry, etc. But I'm not a genius among the geniuses or anything, but I guess that's okay since I can work on fulfilling my potential in other areas that a good number of super-geniuses ignore
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