Yes, and yes it can be approximated, however... a person's IQ is not static. The ability to reason can be improved or diminished at various times, for various reasons, over one's lifetime.
@RedBaron Oh, you mean using the word 'reason' as a verb and then a noun, for various reasons, in order to form a reasonably reasonable comment? I guess I did do that 😏
I don't think standard IQ tests are a great measurement of intelligence. I think it's more nuanced and complicated than that. I think maybe you can measure or test for certain traits of intelligence, but I don't think you will necessarily get a full picture of a person's intelligence through an IQ score.
From my exposure to the mainstream medical and psychological sciences at this point, I have come away with so many doubts that I don't put much stock their paradigm anymore.
Yes, from tests when I was younger. Interestingly I once took a fairly lengthy do-it-yourself test online just for grins and got a surprisingly similar result.
I think IQ tests measure only one type of intelligence. They certainly don’t address emotional intelligence of any kind.
I know pretty much what it was when I was tested back around seventh grade. How reliable a test is it? From what I've read it was never meant to be taken as an indicator of adult intelligence, so I'm unsure. I guess it's nice to know that at 10 I almost made the "genius" level. LOL
I’ve never been tested… I’m sure I would most likely fall in “average range”.
That being said, there are different types of intelligence, and I’m not sure all or any can truly be measured by a test. But what do I know?… Haha… probably not enough to achieve a “high score” 🥲
Not in math but intelligent in other areas which most ppl are also. I know about a lot of things that some ppl don't know about and visa versa. Being measured in intelligence is being labeled which I don't approve of.
🫤 nope never took one / i bet i am average ish . i work with a lot of people smarter than me --have to ask them a lot of questions. wonder if they took an IQ test?
if you put me in front of a car engine and said "help fix this" i would be an idiot for the record
I was tested at the beginning of third grade in september 1978, along with the rest of my class in the district, I scored 148 at almost eight and a half years of age, at a time when IQ was still considered important.