Intelligence+Quotient

== = = = Definition: = An index of intelligence, originally derived by dividing mental age by chronological age and then multiplying by 100, but now derived by comparing an individual's score with the scores of others of the same age. Gen Psych, Ch 7, pp.220

= Examples: = Tasks devised for an IQ test are a variety of several different types of problems, each ranging from very easy to very hard, that are divided into subgroups. //Verbal scales// include tasks measuring vocabulary, understanding the siliarities between objects, and general knowledge about the world. //Performance scales// involve nonverbal tasks such as arranging pictures in order to tell a story or copy a pattern. //Working- memory scales// provide psychologists with information about a child's short- term memory capacity, and //processing- speed scales// allows insight into how efficiently a person processes information.

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= Analogies: = Although IQ's are important, they are not "better" or "greater" than your EQ (emotional quotient). IQ is a tiny part that describes and depicts someone. IQ : ear :: EQ : head

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=In the News:= Women Beat Men on IQ Tests For First Time "Over the last 100 years, everyone in the developing world has been gaining about three IQ points, but women have been gaining faster,” Flynn told ABC News. “This is the result of modernity. In every country where women have an equal chance of modernity, women have caught men [in IQ testing].”

When social media and testing come together: Facebook IQ Test Scam

This is interesting: @http://youtu.be/37qrLGhXch0

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