Visual Intelligence Test. What is Intelligence? Did you take any Intelligence Tests?

[Thelonious Monk]

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Originally Posted by Debaser86 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are you left handed? That would mean your brain's right hemisphere is dominant. The right hemisphere contains the brain areas most responsible for the processing of music and other "abstract" mental abilities. Then again, all of the major brain areas responsible for language processing are in the left hemisphere... are you ambidextrous? lol

i am right handed and i'm like him- i'm great with verbal reasoning and music, but i am bad at visual intelligence and horribly average at Math (compared to other school subjects at least, it's the only class i consistently make B's in). i also have really good pitch, except with identifying key signatures and picking out specific pitches in tonal masses (chords)... creative/abstract thinking comes easier to left handed people, most likely, but i believe that the potential in such activities is the same for right handed people.

i'd like to note that i can't draw anything at all, besides stick people...

 

[GlendaleViper]

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Originally Posted by StevieDvd /img/forum/go_quote.gif Optimist answer - 'Why Not?'

This was the "perfect" answer.

 

[rsaavedra]

The pictures have several things in common:

All of them show the actual same street of the original Beatles album Abbey Road, seen from the same point of view.

All of the pictures were taken during daylight.

All of the pictures have four men crossing the same crosswalk on that road.

All four men in each of the pictures seem to have at least their genitalia somewhat covered with some fabric, whether socks, or pants.

All four men within each picture are walking in the same direction, and walk at very similar distance from each other in line.

Running some image processing software to scale all images to the same sizes, and then comparing them pixel by pixel, might show that some pixels at the same positions have the same colors, hence showing some other things the images might have in common: those pixels

PS. IQ tests online are of course completely reliable (because I once took one -for free of course- and got 150.)

The emotional intelligence tests online are, however, NOT reliable at all, because once I took one -also for free- and got about 10% below average

 

[Dzjudz]

So where's your answer AdamC?

 

[AdamCalifornia]

The debate rages on: What do those pics have in common?
For those of you who are still searching for the answer
and have not crossed the red line here is the formidable hint:

 

[jjcha]

This isn't an intelligence test, this is a test in trying to guess what you think is some clever answer.

Trying to guess at what's in Adamcalifornia's head strikes me as an exercise in something other than intelligence.

Regards,

-Jason

 

[nibiyabi]

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Originally Posted by Debaser86 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The intelligence quotient tells the general intelligence of somebody based on their age compared to the average score of other people their age. It is given multiplied by 100. For example, a 10 year old with an IQ of 100 would be exactly average, while a 10 year old with an IQ of 140 would have the same IQ as an average 14 year old. IQ scores tend to remain stable over a person's entire life.

Not true. IQ tests don't account for age. The average eight-year-old, for example, scores 80 (I think). It is standard practice for the psychologist to increase this score based on the age of the test-taker, but the test itself does not have an age handicap. The whole ten-year-old scoring a 140 means he is just as smart as a fourteen-year-old is false. If a ten-year-old scores a 140 that means he is 2.67 standard deviations above the mean intelligence of the average human being, regardless of age. This would put him in the top 0.38% (just consulted my statistics textbook) of people even at the tender age of ten. Once he becomes sixteen or so, when his IQ will reach its peak, he would likely be around 160 or so (even though the test only gives a result between 50 and 150, the psychologist can speculate below or above these numbers -- there simply aren't enough people in the world to warrant scores that are that many standard deviations above the mean). This would put him in the top 0.003%, or in the top 180,000 people in the world, which ain't too shabby.

 

[Lord Chaos]

I was a member of Mensa for a couple of years. I dropped out when I realized that the best conversation I had at a Mensa gathering was with a non-member. I've never seen so much intellect devoted to such silly ideas. I joined to test the theory that intellect and creativity go together, and learned that they don't. It also proved that a high IQ is no real indicator of an ability to think, as in solving problems.

Intellect is one aspect of a person. Experience, tolerance, emotional characteristics, education, abuse, many other things go into the mix to make a human being what she is at any point in their personal timeline.

 

[EyeAmEye]

Intelligence test are all bunk, designed by people who have nothing better to do than to study that which cannot be accurately studied. These tests are nothing more than a ego-booster for people who score higher than normal.

 

[Dzjudz]

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Originally Posted by jjcha /img/forum/go_quote.gif This isn't an intelligence test, this is a test in trying to guess what you think is some clever answer. Trying to guess at what's in Adamcalifornia's head strikes me as an exercise in something other than intelligence. Regards, -Jason

Seconded...

AdamC, What

And what the hell do you mean by 'The debate rages on: What do those pics have in common'? There is no debate. They all have 4 people walking on a zebra crossing... And crossing the red line? What are you smoking?

 

[Debaser86]

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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not true. IQ tests don't account for age. The average eight-year-old, for example, scores 80 (I think). It is standard practice for the psychologist to increase this score based on the age of the test-taker, but the test itself does not have an age handicap. The whole ten-year-old scoring a 140 means he is just as smart as a fourteen-year-old is false. If a ten-year-old scores a 140 that means he is 2.67 standard deviations above the mean intelligence of the average human being, regardless of age. This would put him in the top 0.38% (just consulted my statistics textbook) of people even at the tender age of ten. Once he becomes sixteen or so, when his IQ will reach its peak, he would likely be around 160 or so (even though the test only gives a result between 50 and 150, the psychologist can speculate below or above these numbers -- there simply aren't enough people in the world to warrant scores that are that many standard deviations above the mean). This would put him in the top 0.003%, or in the top 180,000 people in the world, which ain't too shabby.

You are wrong.

 

[StevieDvd]

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Originally Posted by AdamCalifornia /img/forum/go_quote.gif The debate rages on: What do those pics have in common? For those of you who are still searching for the answer and have not crossed the red line here is the formidable hint:

Here's a hint.

You don't know the difference between a debate, a guessing competition and an IQ test!

I guess you are using mind altering substances and the answer is a banana

 

[nibiyabi]

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Originally Posted by Debaser86 /img/forum/go_quote.gif You are wrong.

Care to elaborate? You're not exactly convincing anyone here.

 

[Computerpro3]

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Originally Posted by nibiyabi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Care to elaborate? You're not exactly convincing anyone here.

You guys are both right. You're talking about a normal distribution and he's talking about a ratio quotient. Both are used in different tests. In Stanford-Binet, it's an age quotient derived from the formula IQ = 100x Mental age / Chronological age. In Wechsler tests its a normal distribution quotient.

Studying intelligence is one of my hobbies. I'm actually writing a book about it now in relation to the education system. Fascinating stuff.

 

[nibiyabi]

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Originally Posted by Computerpro3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif You guys are both right. You're talking about a normal distribution and he's talking about a ratio quotient. Both are used in different tests. In Stanford-Binet, it's an age quotient derived from the formula IQ = 100x Mental age / Chronological age. In Wechsler tests its a normal distribution quotient. Studying intelligence is one of my hobbies. I'm actually writing a book about it now in relation to the education system. Fascinating stuff.

Really? Wow. I thought the "Mental Age" idea was passé. My apologies to Debaser86.