So, what (if anything) can be deduced about a person based upon results of an IQ quiz?

According to an article "The General Intelligence Factor", Scientific American Presents "Exploring Intelligence", pg. 24, 1999, author Linda Gottfredson writes:

"Adults in bottom 5% of IQ distribution (below 75) are very difficult to train and are not competitive for any occupation on basis of ability. Serious problems in training low-IQ military recruits during World War II led Congress to ban enlistment from lowest 10% (below 80) of population, and no civilian occupation in modern economies routinely recruits its workers from that below-80 range."

"Current military enlistment standards exclude any individual whose IQ is below about 85." "Persons of average IQ (between 90 and 100) are not competitive for most professional and executive-level work but are easily trained for bulk of jobs in American economy. By contrast, individuals in top 5 percent of adult population can essentially train themselves, and few occupations are beyond their reach mentally." "People with IQs between 75 and 90 are 88 times more likely to drop out of high school, seven times more likely to be jailed, and five times more likely as adults to live in poverty than people with IQs between 110 and 125. The 75-to-90 IQ woman is eight times more likely to become a chronic welfare recipient, and four times as likely to bear an illegitimate child than 110-to-125-IQ woman."

Wow, those are some pretty dramatic conclusions that are based solely upon IQ as determined by an IQ quiz. If you believe what Ms. Gottfredson writes, then answer to your question of "Can you really tell anything about someone's intelligence by having them take an IQ quiz?" is: It would appear so. Like any quiz, however, don't feel too bad if you "fail" an IQ Quiz. Some people just suck at taking tests!

Brian Fong

http://www.QuizFaq.com

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