I don't know why I torture myself so...
So I took an IQ test today. It was an online one, not a "real" one, so thbbt.
Anyway, I scored a 135, which I'm rather happy with. I mean, it's not as nice as the 155 I got a few years back when I was younger and about as knowledgable, but hey. Such is life, eh?
Anyway,
Verbal intelligence score
It is said that to have a mastery of words is to have in one's possession the ability to produce order out of chaos and that command of vocabulary is a true measure of intelligence. Verbal intelligence measures your capacity to use language in order to express yourself, comprehend stories and understand other people. Verbal abilities include reading, writing and communicating with words. The verbal component of this test examines your vocabulary and your capacity to learn verbal material. It also measures your ability to employ verbal skills in reasoning and problem solving.
Your verbal score was 95 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
According to this test you are a word wiz with a very high verbal IQ! You have probably read lots and are likely to be well aware of the numerous advantages of expressing yourself in a precise manner. You appreciate the sometimes subtle differences between words and can easily communicate to others what you really mean. Overall you have a much better understanding of the intricacies of communication than most people. Remember there is no ceiling to your knowledge and you can improve your verbal ability infinitely.
Mathematics intelligence score
We all require some numerical skills in our lives, whether it is to calculate our weekly shopping bill or to budget how to use our monthly income. Flexibility of thought and lateral thinking processes are a few skills which are needed in order to solve these problems. Mathematical intelligence generally represents your ability to reason and to calculate basic arithmetic computations. It also helps you to understand geometric shapes and manipulate equations. Mathematical intelligence is a strong indicator of general intelligence because many every day mental tasks require arithmetical operations even though numbers may not be involved.
Your mathematical score is 100 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You have a firm knowledge of arithmetic, geometry and algebra and seem to have a good understanding of analogies, equations and hierarchical structures. When faced with a mathematical problem you often analyze it well and explore many alternative solutions.
Spatial intelligence score
Spatial abilities are the perceptual and cognitive abilities that enable a person to deal with spatial relations, in other words the visualization and orientation of objects in space. Put simply spatial skills assess your ability to manipulate 3D objects by flipping and rotating them. Spatial intelligence questions test raw intelligence without the influence of prior knowledge and as such performance on this scale is indicative of general intelligence. At a first glance, such questions may appear daunting but the trick is not to give up too quickly. Often a second look at the problem will reveal a different approach, and a solution will appear because the brain has been given the opportunity to process information further.
Your spatial score is 94 and your percentile score is 95
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You seem to have a very good understanding of physical space and also sharp abstract reasoning abilities. This means that you have a good sense of direction and the ability to view things from varying perspectives. You also have the ability to appreciate art and you can predict how everyday situations change when conditions or events vary.
Logic intelligence score
Logical thinking is the ability to make deductions that lead rationally to a certain conclusion. It is important to have good logic skills because they help you think things through and they also give you a good understanding of cause and effect relationships. In this test your logic IQ was assessed through your ability to comprehend and follow certain rules and conditions set forth in many of the questions. Generally speaking logic skills make divergent thinkers and have proven to be very successful in our daily lives. Furthermore when combined with social insight and and self awareness logic skills make us into effective human beings. Improving these skills will increase your IQ and give you a good base for academic and personal success.
Your logic score is 97 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You have the ability to reason well and this helps you see where a given set of conditions is going to lead. Your advanced logic skills help you perceive the physical world around you accurately and also give you the capacity to think effectively. The practical significance of a high IQ in this area is significant as it allows you to adapt adequately to new situations.
Pattern recognition intelligence score
Out of all mental abilities this type of intelligence is said to have the highest correlation with the general intelligence factor, g. This is primarily because pattern recognition is the ability to see order in a chaotic environment; the primary condition for life. Patterns can be found in ideas, words, symbols and images and pattern recognition is unlearned and untrainable. Pattern recognition is a key determinant of your potential in logical, verbal, numerical and spatial abilities. It is essential for reasoning because your capacity to think logically is based on your perception of the logic around you. Your pattern recognition skills are expressed verbally through your long term exposure to language and your mathematical and spatial abilities are based on your perception of numerical data and 3D objects
Your pattern recognition score is 86 and your percentile score is 89
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You have a high pattern recognition score which means that you are skilled at matching and anticipating patterns. Furthermore you recognize the underlying mechanisms in every situation and can easily understand the connections between things. This is especially useful because it helps you summarize information, remember things and make sense of scrambled data.
General knowledge intelligence score
General knowledge is a very good indicator of crystallized intelligence i.e mental skills acquired through education and experience. Generally speaking people with a good knowledge base exhibit greater retention of facts and figures and are regarded more intelligent. This is mainly due to the fact that they are more conscious of the connectivity between different information which they learn and this helps them retrieve information stored in their long term memory more easily.
Your general knowledge score is 82 and your percentile score is 83
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You must be the delight of every conversation and have an ace in your pocket regardless of the topic. You seem to master the commonly known facts and have an excellent general understanding of the world around you. Your retention of information that is encountered less often is also very good.
Short term memory intelligence score
Short-term memory (S.T.M) is part of the memory storage system which is capable of storing material for a brief period of time and to some extent it determines how well the rest of your intelligences are utilized. Short-term memory has two important characteristics. First, at any one time it can contain seven, plus or minus two, "chunks" of information. If S.T.M tries to acquire more items than it can handle, the middle items will often be displaced. Second, items remain in short-term memory around twenty seconds. Substantial evidence exists to support a general dependency of reasoning upon short-term memory capacity. The longer information is stored in short term memory the easier it is to manipulate information needed in the execution of complex cognitive tasks (e.g., learning, reasoning, and comprehension).
Your short term memory score is 100 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
Your attention span is very good and you have the ability to hold information in your short term memory for quite a long time. You also have the ability to "catch-on" to new information faster than most people and you are very good at solving problems involving many variables.
Visualization intelligence score
Visualization intelligence measures the ability to process visual material and to employ both physical and mental images in thinking. As a result people with a high visualization IQ find it easier to comprehend information and communicate it to others. Your visualization skills determine how well you perceive visual patterns and extract information for further use. Visualization also facilitates the ability to form associations between pieces of information something which helps improve long term memory.
Your visualization score is 93 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You are very skilled at absorbing and analyzing visual information and you have the ability to think and communicate in pictures. You also have the ability to detect patterns in pictures or images and visualize what should come next in a series. You have a creative appreciation of your environment which helps you in many everyday tasks such as memorizing and narrating stories.
Classification intelligence score
This intelligence is closely related to the concept of general intelligence and measures the ability to organize collections of items by finding similarities and differences between them. By grouping together items such as words, ideas, songs or pictures you are able to achieve a more conceptual understanding of the relationships between them. Classification skills enable you to discern relevant data and this helps you gain a better general understanding of the world.
Your classification score is 85 and your percentile score is 95
Your Grade ** Excellent **
This intelligence is strongly correlated with the concept of general intelligence. You are probably very good at conceptualizing problems, adapting to new situations and memorizing information.
Oh, and by the way, I found this test at www.intelligencetest.com
Also, from a calculator on their site (which may or may not be accurate...it *is* the internet), my 135 translates to a 137 on a Stanford Binet IQ test, and a whopping 156 on the Cattell IQ test.
Maybe I should take an official Cattell test before applying to MENSA....
Anyway, I scored a 135, which I'm rather happy with. I mean, it's not as nice as the 155 I got a few years back when I was younger and about as knowledgable, but hey. Such is life, eh?
Anyway,
Verbal intelligence score
It is said that to have a mastery of words is to have in one's possession the ability to produce order out of chaos and that command of vocabulary is a true measure of intelligence. Verbal intelligence measures your capacity to use language in order to express yourself, comprehend stories and understand other people. Verbal abilities include reading, writing and communicating with words. The verbal component of this test examines your vocabulary and your capacity to learn verbal material. It also measures your ability to employ verbal skills in reasoning and problem solving.
Your verbal score was 95 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
According to this test you are a word wiz with a very high verbal IQ! You have probably read lots and are likely to be well aware of the numerous advantages of expressing yourself in a precise manner. You appreciate the sometimes subtle differences between words and can easily communicate to others what you really mean. Overall you have a much better understanding of the intricacies of communication than most people. Remember there is no ceiling to your knowledge and you can improve your verbal ability infinitely.
Mathematics intelligence score
We all require some numerical skills in our lives, whether it is to calculate our weekly shopping bill or to budget how to use our monthly income. Flexibility of thought and lateral thinking processes are a few skills which are needed in order to solve these problems. Mathematical intelligence generally represents your ability to reason and to calculate basic arithmetic computations. It also helps you to understand geometric shapes and manipulate equations. Mathematical intelligence is a strong indicator of general intelligence because many every day mental tasks require arithmetical operations even though numbers may not be involved.
Your mathematical score is 100 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You have a firm knowledge of arithmetic, geometry and algebra and seem to have a good understanding of analogies, equations and hierarchical structures. When faced with a mathematical problem you often analyze it well and explore many alternative solutions.
Spatial intelligence score
Spatial abilities are the perceptual and cognitive abilities that enable a person to deal with spatial relations, in other words the visualization and orientation of objects in space. Put simply spatial skills assess your ability to manipulate 3D objects by flipping and rotating them. Spatial intelligence questions test raw intelligence without the influence of prior knowledge and as such performance on this scale is indicative of general intelligence. At a first glance, such questions may appear daunting but the trick is not to give up too quickly. Often a second look at the problem will reveal a different approach, and a solution will appear because the brain has been given the opportunity to process information further.
Your spatial score is 94 and your percentile score is 95
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You seem to have a very good understanding of physical space and also sharp abstract reasoning abilities. This means that you have a good sense of direction and the ability to view things from varying perspectives. You also have the ability to appreciate art and you can predict how everyday situations change when conditions or events vary.
Logic intelligence score
Logical thinking is the ability to make deductions that lead rationally to a certain conclusion. It is important to have good logic skills because they help you think things through and they also give you a good understanding of cause and effect relationships. In this test your logic IQ was assessed through your ability to comprehend and follow certain rules and conditions set forth in many of the questions. Generally speaking logic skills make divergent thinkers and have proven to be very successful in our daily lives. Furthermore when combined with social insight and and self awareness logic skills make us into effective human beings. Improving these skills will increase your IQ and give you a good base for academic and personal success.
Your logic score is 97 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You have the ability to reason well and this helps you see where a given set of conditions is going to lead. Your advanced logic skills help you perceive the physical world around you accurately and also give you the capacity to think effectively. The practical significance of a high IQ in this area is significant as it allows you to adapt adequately to new situations.
Pattern recognition intelligence score
Out of all mental abilities this type of intelligence is said to have the highest correlation with the general intelligence factor, g. This is primarily because pattern recognition is the ability to see order in a chaotic environment; the primary condition for life. Patterns can be found in ideas, words, symbols and images and pattern recognition is unlearned and untrainable. Pattern recognition is a key determinant of your potential in logical, verbal, numerical and spatial abilities. It is essential for reasoning because your capacity to think logically is based on your perception of the logic around you. Your pattern recognition skills are expressed verbally through your long term exposure to language and your mathematical and spatial abilities are based on your perception of numerical data and 3D objects
Your pattern recognition score is 86 and your percentile score is 89
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You have a high pattern recognition score which means that you are skilled at matching and anticipating patterns. Furthermore you recognize the underlying mechanisms in every situation and can easily understand the connections between things. This is especially useful because it helps you summarize information, remember things and make sense of scrambled data.
General knowledge intelligence score
General knowledge is a very good indicator of crystallized intelligence i.e mental skills acquired through education and experience. Generally speaking people with a good knowledge base exhibit greater retention of facts and figures and are regarded more intelligent. This is mainly due to the fact that they are more conscious of the connectivity between different information which they learn and this helps them retrieve information stored in their long term memory more easily.
Your general knowledge score is 82 and your percentile score is 83
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You must be the delight of every conversation and have an ace in your pocket regardless of the topic. You seem to master the commonly known facts and have an excellent general understanding of the world around you. Your retention of information that is encountered less often is also very good.
Short term memory intelligence score
Short-term memory (S.T.M) is part of the memory storage system which is capable of storing material for a brief period of time and to some extent it determines how well the rest of your intelligences are utilized. Short-term memory has two important characteristics. First, at any one time it can contain seven, plus or minus two, "chunks" of information. If S.T.M tries to acquire more items than it can handle, the middle items will often be displaced. Second, items remain in short-term memory around twenty seconds. Substantial evidence exists to support a general dependency of reasoning upon short-term memory capacity. The longer information is stored in short term memory the easier it is to manipulate information needed in the execution of complex cognitive tasks (e.g., learning, reasoning, and comprehension).
Your short term memory score is 100 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
Your attention span is very good and you have the ability to hold information in your short term memory for quite a long time. You also have the ability to "catch-on" to new information faster than most people and you are very good at solving problems involving many variables.
Visualization intelligence score
Visualization intelligence measures the ability to process visual material and to employ both physical and mental images in thinking. As a result people with a high visualization IQ find it easier to comprehend information and communicate it to others. Your visualization skills determine how well you perceive visual patterns and extract information for further use. Visualization also facilitates the ability to form associations between pieces of information something which helps improve long term memory.
Your visualization score is 93 and your percentile score is 99
Your Grade ** Excellent **
You are very skilled at absorbing and analyzing visual information and you have the ability to think and communicate in pictures. You also have the ability to detect patterns in pictures or images and visualize what should come next in a series. You have a creative appreciation of your environment which helps you in many everyday tasks such as memorizing and narrating stories.
Classification intelligence score
This intelligence is closely related to the concept of general intelligence and measures the ability to organize collections of items by finding similarities and differences between them. By grouping together items such as words, ideas, songs or pictures you are able to achieve a more conceptual understanding of the relationships between them. Classification skills enable you to discern relevant data and this helps you gain a better general understanding of the world.
Your classification score is 85 and your percentile score is 95
Your Grade ** Excellent **
This intelligence is strongly correlated with the concept of general intelligence. You are probably very good at conceptualizing problems, adapting to new situations and memorizing information.
Oh, and by the way, I found this test at www.intelligencetest.com
Also, from a calculator on their site (which may or may not be accurate...it *is* the internet), my 135 translates to a 137 on a Stanford Binet IQ test, and a whopping 156 on the Cattell IQ test.
Maybe I should take an official Cattell test before applying to MENSA....