The IQ or intelligence quotient is a figure with which the intelligence of each person is measured. To know this figure, tests are carried out in which, on the one hand, the mental age is evaluated and, on the other, the chronological age, and from these data the intelligence quotient (IQ or IQ) is calculated.
Measuring the intelligence of people has been a tireless concern of psychology. In fact, the measurement of mental abilities and functions has its own discipline: psychometrics.
And from there comes one of the concepts that has most fascinated professionals who work in this area: IQ, also called intelligence quotient.
What is IQ?
It is a numerical value given by specialized tests that are supposed to measure the intelligence of people. Their impact has been such that, as a result of them, terms such as ‘gifted’ have emerged to refer to people with high test results, according to El Tiempo.
It should be noted that this way of calculating intelligence has been questioned by many sectors, either because they describe psychometry as a pseudoscience or because it is accused of not presenting comparable results.
What is the average IQ of a person?
IQ measurement is still widely used. In fact, in countries like the United States, it is applied to determine which students can enter academic programs designed for the gifted.
One of the most widely used scales today is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), which establishes the following ratings:
- 130 and over: Far superior
- 120-123: Upper
- 110-119: High average
- 90-109: Average
- 80-89: Below average
- 70-79: Very low
- 69 or less: Extremely low.
In any of the tests that are used, generally from an IQ of 110 you are above average. But it is a gifted person when the IQ exceeds 120 points. People with an IQ of 130 or more, according to the scale, are beginning to be considered “geniuses”.
Can IQ change throughout life?
How to know if you have a high IQ?
It is normal for someone to want to know what your IQ is. But doing so is not so simple, since the tests used internationally have design, formulation and application standards that are intended to guarantee the reliability of the results.
Although there are Internet pages and mobile applications that promise to apply a test, but their results are not reliable. If you want to try you can access an online test here.
But to know your IQ with certainty, you should go to organizations dedicated to doing these tests, such as Mensa International, an association of gifted people of British origin with a presence in Colombia. There are other psychological and university centers that carry out this type of test. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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