Test starts at 2:26. I am not promoting Mensa here, I personally would not want to join the organisation. For many of these questions I could see multiple correct answers, but I'm showing the ones that Mensa recognises.
That is an interesting personal decision for not joining. My partner refused to let our daughter joining such an organization too after she was encouraged by multiple parties to do so nor did my partner allowed our daughter to enter the state runs gifted education program. At the time, I thought my partner was nut, but I slowly understand why.
The only genius in MENSA is the person who started it by convincing other "geniuses" to pay for membership so they could brag they were members. A classic con, using someone's own ego against them.
You got 21 of 33 questions correct I'm a high school drop out from the ghetto who couldn't tell you what 7x3 is. lol So yeah, i don't don't know what a sine curve is and even if i could recognize a square root pattern i wouldn't know the calculation to solve it.
@@CBourn48223 So, you're making the classic mistake of getting involved in a land war in Asia... I mean, confusing "intelligence" with "knowledge". You may not be well-educated, but you may still be very intelligent.
You can definitely study for an IQ test. They hit the basic areas of intelligence, so brushing up on those areas will allow you to score better than if you let all those skills atrophy since your school days. I took the Mensa test and got in. It was fun to see these questions again.
barely, you arent smart enough to get how unimportant studying for patterns are. Its also not always the same. You can study and score a few points max.
@@coffee838 You certainly start from the baseline of your own innate ability, but with training this baseline can indeed be improved. Think about it like athletic performance. With training, anyone can improve his/her athletic performance, even though you will never be at the level of elite athletes.
My uncle Gary used to say that "You know you're smart when you think you yourself are too stupid to function yet you're constantly flabbergasted by the level of idiocy of everyone around you". Or something like that
I have kinda always known (or suspected rather) that I'm smarter than most kids. Maybe because my parents always told me that or the fact that I was getting A:s without really trying. But one thing that I can relate is the feeling of everyone else being stupid. I was thinking many years that they are pretending to be for some odd reason. I thought that "maybe being smart is a bad thing" back then. Like no one likes you if you are smart.
Weirdly intelligence rarely equates with humbleness, wisdom or emotional maturity. I’ve met some really intelligent people but most of them struggle with emotional intelligence and tend to be pompous too.
@@sweetie_py Don’t be concern about it. Just like what he said, IQ tests only measure how well you can take an IQ test. I have friends who did well in college, but always seem to be clueless with everything else.
@@gregstevenson8636 13.7 billion years ago ? Everything came out of nothing ? Earth rotating at 1000mph and 66,600mph around the Sun ? And we don't feel a thing. How can we believe that sh*t ?
Took the Mensa test way back, around 1990 or something. It was in Utrecht, the Netherlands. After I had done the test I got an invitation by mail and joined them. Went 2 times to attend a meeting. They have all sorts of interest groups. Met a few very weird people there and never went back again.
I took an IQ test as a kid and got a great score. I based my whole young life around this number. "No matter what happens I'm smart so I'll be fine. I don't have to worry about learning or homework because I'm smart." Too bad they didn't test emotional intelligence. I'm in my mid 20s coming out of recovery trying to basically start from scratch. Don't pay too much attention to a silly number kids. Work hard and pay attention. Set a goal and keep after it.
I am sorry that happened to you, people shouldn't put that on kids, they don't get it is harmful, and I just wanted to tell you that I understand. However, I must say that personally the most profoundly gifted people I knew when I was young were so profoundly lacking in emotional intelligence that I even as a child I was seriously concerned as to how they would function outside of an academic environment that tolerated their eccentricities, and in the end many of them simply couldn't. Their friends, family, and faculty all fueled their egos in many ways, however the greatest perpetuators of their conceit were without exception always themselves. Myself included, especially in regards to my friends and family. I genuinely hope you are doing well a year after this comment, feel free to reach out if you ever want to chat either way, and I sincerely wish you all best.
You were arrogant and lazy. That has nothing to do with intelligence. Can hardly say you based your young life around intelligence then immediately say you didn't study. I don't understand why people in the comments are praising this
@@stevepickford3004 I assure you not everyone has to "study" in grade school, and not everyone studies equally either. In fact some people ace their classes without ever cracking the assigned text reading. Some students remember an entire lecture with perfect auditory recall, or possess a photographic, or eidetic memory, and some people are are Kim Peek who read two pages of a book simultaneously with each eye while recalling every book they have ever read. So... this in your mind concerns what if not intelligence? There are people on this earth who learn languages in a weeks, for fun, and by only listening to it being spoken. Thomas Fuller existed. Obviously this hasn't been your personal experience... and that is fine, no ones giving prizes or looking for them here. Also, no one is saying studying has zero merit, just that it has a different place and meaning in our lives, because it is just a basic fact that what is effortless to some may well be impossible to others. Personally I didn't study in any meaningful way throughout my time in college yet achieved a 4.0 GPA effortlessly, so if anyone was lazy in my educational past it was the schools for the level of challenge they offered and provided. The only challenge there was attendance. That being said - what other insight can you provide here past ridiculous insults? Because if anyone here has been arrogant or lazy in the comments here it has been you Steve.
i thought the rule was you werent supposed to let non adults know their exact score on an iq test for this very reason. i could even see only telling the parents the percentile and not exact number to still avoid problems
Excuse me, my IQ is around 90. This is very offensive. I'm literally balling my eyes out due to the fact you're roasting me. Please don't offend my tiny ego.
I've done extremely well on IQ tests, starting with one I had to take in third grade. That one was a real IQ, as far as I can determine looking back. It had a lot of questions with images, matching gloves and hands, matching rotated figures, etc. The later tests I've taken had more in common with SAT tests. There were a lot of questions that depended on prior knowledge, culture, and teaching. Just one example was an analogy. Achilles is to tendon as Pandora is to _____. Most people would know the answer is box, but only if they had heard the term Pandora's box in conversation or had been taught about or read the mythology. In short, testing says I'm a genius, but I don't trust the testing.
Great analogy. Always did well on them as a kid, but now as a physician, I would answer the question as "Achilles is to tendon as Pandora is to GREEK LITERATURE". Achilles is probably a fictional character, but the achilles tendon is real. Therefore Pandora has to relate to something factual. Greek Literature is factual. I see no connection between "Pandora" and a physical box. If anything, Pandora is a radio station.
Yeah, the answer to 11) could completely logically be C -- if the sequence were primes. And no indication is given why that should not be the case. So I'd agree, the question is just plain wrong.
Actually, you can train for an IQ test. The questions follow a sort of pattern, and once you know how to do them, you can practice and improve your score.
but that's counted as cheating, you won't get to test your real ability. just the same as stealing an exam paper and memorizing its pattern before it's given.
@@aryazeref No, it's not the same at all! By practicing, you are not memorising answers, you are simply training yourself to better identify patterns. It's just like studying for an exam. It's not cheating. You would not get the same questions on the real test.
@@user-yz9kz6vt9y it depends on how you study the exam, if you learn the concept only without doing some exercises ,or you learn the exercises as well, but on the test it's really different but actually it uses the same concept, then that's pretty much the same as IQ, IQ's questions aren't meant to be taught, but meant to be solved with your built in logic.
@@aryazeref But my point is you CAN train for the IQ test and improve your score by solving similar practice problems. You can improve your sense of logic!
@@aryazeref - There is no in built logic as you said, logic is learned. If you spend a good amount of your time learning mathematics and calculating only by your brain, you will naturally score higher in math problems of the IQ test. So you can take all the cognitive capacities that an IQ test measure and you can work on them to become better over time, without passing one IQ test. Once you learned enough, you can pass the test and i will guaranty that you will score much higher than average. I have done it previously to flex with my schoolmates while ago, our teacher wanted to test our IQ so she told us that she called a psychologist to do an official test - i live in Europe, maybe u don't do that in America -, so i had one week to "hack" IQ test. I proceeded to search about IQ test and what they measure, then i started, for the entire week, training all cognitive capacities that an IQ measure - like math, pattern recognition ... The day come and we were passing the test one by one and timed by the psychologist - before the test, the psychologist spoke to us to see if we had any problems that could interfere with the IQ test. Guess what, i scored up 147 ! "Exceptionally high intellect" as the psychologist said, all my class was really surprised and for a reason, i was pretty bad in school - focus problem. I didn't consider myself as a Genius, i tried another IQ test a while ago and i lost 25 points relative to the my first IQ test and i think the reason is that i no longer actively develop the various cognitive abilities as i did before, this show how one can learn and score better at IQ tests even if its his first time. tldr : Through learning, one can score better at IQ tests
Me: takes online iq test Me: wastes 1hour of my saturday and brain energy Me: finishes the test Website: PLEASE PAY 4 USD TO VALIDATE YOUR IQ ME: OOF Edit: I dont need a iqntest since I got one from my school I think it was 112.
I've found throughout life that a high IQ is very akin to a speedy computer. You can process most ideas faster. IQ does not give you a better work ethic, it doesn't give you more information and it doesn't make you richer. The downside of a higher IQ for me is that it has pushed me into growing tired of a job position or career over a period of time roughly equal to its complexity. On the positive side I've managed to be a reasonably good technician, supervisor, manager and web programmer during my career and work on a few fairly advanced technologies for the time. Overall much more enjoyable than the struggles experienced by some others.
"If you are so smart, how come I am so rich?" - Warren Buffett. Best place to test IQ is stock market. Each trade of stock is mental judgement against each other between buyer and seller. But only one get it right, other wrong. If your judgments are consistently superior to others, you will be rich. Second most objective measurement of potential mental ability is brain size, which is correlated to mental ability pretty well.
@@alexoolau As for that last line, potential aside, that would be dependent on the opinion of what iT is to be considered smart or able, right? One might put more stock in being able to beat people than in being able not to be beaten, and differentiating between living life like a game or hobby with the objective-me, as opposed to something real or existent, and expansive.
@@alexoolau Brain size isn't a good correlation by itself. A surface area to brain mass to body mass ratio is better. Regarding the stock market, you assume it's a fair playing field without the rules of the game being rigged against normal people, but clearly, the situation with Melvin capital and Reddit shows otherwise.
Common sense is 100% situational. What seems like common sense can be completely useless in a different situation or society. It's really only something people say when they've not experienced different cultures and situations.
@@FortheBudgies an example please? Pretty sure something like pointing a loaded gun at your head and pulling the trigger is detrimental to your health, across all societies and situations, and should be considered common sense.
Pattern recognition is important when it comes to determining intelligence because everything can be expressed as a function. Functions are patterns. Every job, task we do in life is a function. Every bit of data can be expressed as a function.
My son scored high enough and was accepted to join. Since he was only 16, my wife and I insisted we attend the open house meeting. About 30 MENSA members in this house aged from the mid 20's to 70's, with the majority in their 30's. These people were juiced-up on wine and carrying on conversations like it was a final exam. They ridiculed and shot down everything that didn't compare favorably with what they were taught in school. A group of hive-minds - highly opinionated under the tenants of social collectivism. My son was disappointed and his expectations crushed. He never asked to go back, and he never used his score on a resume' or employment interview. Go ahead, take the test. If you score high enough - congratulations, you may be accepted into this elite group. But beware, entering the room of infinite wisdom can be a very strange experience indeed.
Yup got an invite and passed their test with flying colors. Attended one meeting and nope with extra nope sauce. Lots of people were way outside of peer age range at the time and they were completely full of themselves. Fwiw I scored 164 at the tender age of 13, ended up graduating high honors from the school of hard knocks unfortunately though.
My dollars per second income rate can only be calculated by a supercomputer. The number is higher than the sum total of all the economies of all the habitable planets of the Milky Way galaxy. Only problem is, I am paid in a cryptocurrency not accepted anywhere on Earth. Oh, well.
i had 27 out of 33 and i have to say this test is garbage. in many questions i could see multiple reasonable solutions, depending on the perspective of the individual solving it. and in my opinion pattern recognition is only a small part of what defines intelligence. additionally this kind of test can be trained for very well. also i am convinced my mathematical education has had a very big impact on the outcome of the test, so this definitely does not truly represent a correct measuring of intelligence, since that should not be influenced by knowledge. EDIT: My comment very clearly refers to this specific Test, not IQ tests in general!
I totally agree with you, because if you look at any question you can find many patterns at the same time. I think we should stop focuses on IQ tests especially for kids because it makes them feel stupid, the whole idea is just crazy.
Ofc. People who score high on these tests just are good at taking them. Or just good at finding patterns. Geniuses are people who try 10000 different ideas(fail to they make it) Like Elon Musk and the owner of Ford
i have to agree, got 30/33 first try and you can easily see a lot of it is mathematical based. it would be interesting to see how mathematics education reflects outcomes of the test.
You definitely can study for IQ tests. There are books with many practice problems to work through and strategies of how to look for patterns in the shapes.
I wouldn't do it as your mind is only able to see natural patterns, studying takes away that idea, thinking such way tells me that your IQ is pretty much average
Yeah for sure. Real IQ tests also include memorising sets of numbers or objects etc, and in that case even simple things like knowing about chunking (remembering them in groups of 3 or 4, this is why phone numbers are formatted the way they are), or the basics of a "house of rooms" type setup can greatly improve your result.
The thing is, people who will do so will just lie to themselves, it's not like someone won't accept you in an job interview if you don't have enough IQ so such people are only lying to themselves and maybe their friends by forcefully increasing their score
My biggest problem are always the questions where the shapes are like super fancy but the pattern is much more simple than one may think (e. g. number 11 in this one, I couldn't figure it out because I didn't see any pattern in the shape itself and just moved on ). And thank you for explaining 25! I didn't understand why mine was wrong until you explained that the inversion is inwards/outwards, not downwards/upwards like I thought.
@@singinginthedark2786 it is actually exactly an intelligence test. that's why they have a minimum score to join, and minimum scores for particular jobs. IT jobs, intelligence, aviation, all require higher IQ and therefore, a higher asvab score. There are many intelligence test, sat, asvab, iq etc. they're all their own kinds of iq tests that measure intelligence just as well. You should listen Jordan B Peterson talk about it.
These tests is where I shine. I had a test with Mensa and was in the top 1%, which was the req to join. The following year I lost 90% of my eyesight, and it has since then (7y ago) just improved back to 50%. The loss of sight was very suddon ( in 1 week time from 100 to 19% which is like looking through 3 layers of mat glass). I love visual math problems. Maybe thats why I work as a 3D enginer. You can also find these tests at the official Mensa website btw.
@@SandraWantsCoke But why would I hire someone that needs more time for the same answers? If someone is fast with the right answers, he probably also needs less time for more complicated problems. If you're fast, you have good cognitive abilities, so you're more likely to be able to comprehence problems the slower one could never answer.
@@SandraWantsCoke he didnt say he is a deep thinker or a quick thinker, he said he is thinks too much about the time while solving the test, so, as I said, he is biased.
I don't think I would do very well on this test. When I was a kid I had an IQ test and I did well, but the questions were largely based around identifying patterns. For those that struggle with tests like these; don't worry. Your life is not and will not be defined by a test. To the creator of the video; thanks for sharing. This was very insightful and I think you did an excellent job explaining the process to your solutions.
@@antekkk I think he said about "the question in this video is mainly identifying patterns" Perhaps. I've read some while ago from a book, it is said that some decades ago they used general knowledge instead of pattern like these nowadays. 🤷♂️
I wouldn't do good with these types of tests too. Everyone tells me that i must have very high iq (i think i am average). But i know if i ever took the test i will do much below average. I have gift of problem solving but not these types. Real world difficult problems yes, these one no.
Even though, intelligence is more complex than what we think generally, recognizing patterns is certainly a part of it, since when you can recognize a pattern, you will be one step ahead of those who couldn't figure out the next step. It's specifically linked to the rational intelligence, though. It may help you learn things faster, if they are about rational learning.
I agree. I think alot of people who got a bad score tries to justify it like everyone does when they do bad at something so its understandable but facts are still facts
i think it goes deeper than that. i tried the mensa test once, its actually easier q´s than their hand out suggests. the whole point is testing the capacity. 50 questions in 24 minutes. which means you cant stop, and you dont have time to go back much. if your brain was a computer, they would be testing your ram. you could maybe say the ability to juggle multiple factors at once for longer periods of time gives you your ability to recognize patterns. would be full circle
did that test when enlisting for Croatian military service with 18.,at that time it was a law that all adults had to be recruited.,everyone copied the test from one guy who we thought was the smartest,all received infantry and ended up with a psychologist..
I had to take an IQ test when I was under examination for a possible ADHD diagnosis. So I have written proof from a doctor I don't have cognitive retardation. But I still feel unsure about that every time I go to bed at night and realise I've been wearing my shirt backwards the entire day.
@@akualung Newton spent a few couple of hours pulling his horse back home and he didn't even realise his horse wasn't there for most of the trip. Hope that makes your day :)
Even if you officially join MENSA, they don't tell you your score. You just get the knowledge that you qualify. Source: I took the MENSA test in 2007, qualified, and joined. I haven't kept up my membership, though.
Bill Clinton i think snowflake are the issue and the algorithm is very complex but cut it short it on a title and analysis of video folders and sound folders to initially sort threw the videos uploaded and after that it based on reports and flags till it goes to a snowflake to review it and remove it Watch smartereveryday TH-cam channel to fined out more
Convert the letter to a numeral. A becomes 1, d becomes 4, g becomes 7, and j becomes 10. It's easier to see that all they are doing is adding 3. So the answer is the 13th letter or m.
There are ways to raise your test scores in IQ tests, I was hacking them a while ago. Step 1. Need some intelligence to work with. Step 2 is to increase brain capacity, can be done with diet and nootropics, basically brain steroids. Step 3 is to practice a few. If you know how the test questions are designed and can think how the test makers design questions then you will score higher. If you know the test questions are then much easier to do. Knowing the type of questions isn’t cheating, it’s called research or studying for a test. Test is sectional, you will see mathematical patterns, geometric patterns, logic patterns, symbolic patterns. So if you prep yourself in dissecting pattern relationships then you will score higher. I used to hack tests all the time lol.
Two thoughts come to mind. The first is a joke I heard years ago stating that the first sign of higher intelligence was joining Mensa. And the second sign of higher intelligence was dropping out of Mensa. The second thought is more personal. I walked into my first Mensa gathering, hoping to find a place that really felt like "home". What I found was pretty much just a group of people that came across as being misfits. And I mean no disrespect when I say that. I met some nice folks. It's just that being in that group still didn't automatically make me feel like I "belonged". Just my personal opinion and experience. YMMV
@@josephbyrnhopf2481 An entire paragraph can be a thought. Or a condensed mental image that laterally reminds you of several ideas. Thoughts can be folded and unfolded.
@@maciekGTR It's a secret. I can't tell you unless you know the secret handshake! Seriously, it depends on what your interests are. They have general meetings, sometimes with speakers. And they often have smaller groups if there are enough people interested in a certain topic. Some folks are social and like to be around others. Others, not so much. I think it's safe to say that they all have an inquisite nature and enjoy learning, whether alone or in the company of others that they feel they fit in with.
Dr Jordan Peterson describes it quite nicely. You can create a test and give it to a bunch of different people (it doesn't matter the content) then make another test with different content. Make 100 different tests and you will find certain people generally perform better than others. You can then take out the questions that require previous knowledge and that basically gives you a test that tests how well you can obtain knowledge from the question its self. This IQ test sees how well you can turn information into knowledge. And unfortunately while you can learn how to be better at the IQ test, your overal IQ (how quickly you learn) doesn't generally change, but can predict alot about your social status and success.
@@hashtagunderscore3173 "white supremacists" do not exist you absolute brainlet, it's what media told you. they're in a tiniest minority and besides, peterson is a ZIONIST, what can be worse than that?
This looks like your typical abstract reasoning test, nothing to do with maths, but yes its basically pattern recognition. The interesting thing is people who are good at this are typically fast learners, good at strategic thinking and they are also good at making sense from very little information, so inductive reasoning capability. People with high abstract reasoning can usually solve very complex and ambiguous problems. Whether this is the primary indicator of intelligence though is up for debate, but what is good about these tests is that they remove the language component and cultural references that are typically blamed for differences in scores across ethnic groups
High IQ is about pattern recognition ability and the speed at which you can do it. Someone with a high IQ may not know a subject because they were never exposed to it before, but can usually pick it up fast because they can recognize patterns and process new concepts quickly. These types of pattern tests obviously test pattern recognition, and the timed nature accesses the speed aspect of thought processing. Further, many of these patterns are complex enough to measure relative memory capacity and abstract visualization ability. Finding the patterns in numerous images requires being able to remember and compare all the details of each image clearly and abstractly visualize what the next image might be. It's actually difficult for many people to do more than about 3 images consistently. 4, 5, or even 6 and many lower IQ people start to struggle and even if they can solve them, it takes them much more time.
@@mclee0905 Consider this: in different cultures, one's "intelligence" is held to differing standards. When you are speaking of a global-scale, it is nigh-impossible to calculate "intelligence" on a point-based "scoring" system. This is even more true when we consider the simple fact that the very definition of "intelligence" itself is malleable: from place to place; that said, I do believe we can agree that there is some form of "baseline" whenever it comes to measuring "intelligence" on a very generalized basis. For example, the intelligence required to perform simple arithmetic, to have basic deductive and inductive reasoning capabilities, basic common-speech, basic reading skills, and basic writing skills in one's native language (though that final point would easily be refuted by cultures who do not use a writing system-or use one scantly). Whereas the theoretical "top" measure of intelligence evolves over time and is what changes from culture to culture; geniuses of their times have historically been out-performed by their posterity.
That's like saying paying for a crossword puzzle book is a scam. What crossword puzzles can do for you, is improve your literacy. What an IQ test can do for you, is improve your understanding of basic logic, math, patterns, geometry and so much more.... if that's not worth money to you, then ok. But don't call it a scam.
@@TheBazino Apologies if I am mistaken but your comment seems to show a severe lack of understanding regarding the topic at-hand. Allow me to explain: crossword puzzles can improve your literacy (to a degree), this is true; however, your second clause is where I digress. IQ tests, by their very nature, are tests that supposedly cannot be studied for and they supposedly measure your quotient of intelligence. This _is, in fact,_ a scam; I explained it in further detail in my above comment, if you are curious.
I'll always remember my advanced topics in psychology teacher said " IQ tests are great for measuring scores on IQ tests". Meaning, very rarely can we ever generalize the results of these tests on any psychological construct.
IQ stands for intelligence Quotient. IQ test measure someone's potential to be intelligent, they do not contain hard or complex math questions (that is learned intelligence); The main attributes IQ tests are meant to test are problem solving, memory, ability to perceive information and critical thinking's. Those attributes are what govern ones ability to improve overall intelligence. Their are other forms of intelligence tests used in modern psychology and science the most important 2 are IQ and EIQ (emotional intelligence) as they govern a humans ability to function and comprehend the world around him/her! In short IQ tests measure how well someone can turn information into knowledge (aka how quickly someone can lean)
My cousin have iq test in the age of 10, iq 141, two years later he was able to understand and solves advance calculus. He was building own small robots and programming codes, he learned 5 languages in age 14. And he in general have this curiosity how thinks work and how they are connected to eachother
@@olgab170444 i know 4 languages and im very curious about our universe, im very good at philosophy and ive been thinking about this thing for months "E=mc^2" and i finally understood it without any vids, just by myself, but i still dont wanna do an IQ test, i just think that they dont test the right thing, recognizing patterns and geometrical forms its not intelligence, thinking by yourself is intelligence, i dont know how many times i started thinking about something very very deep or complex and i found an answer just using my common sense or logic and i found out that i was right, this is what IQ tests should actually test, the common sense and focus.
When you do a real mensa test there's a time limit though. It's not only about being able to figure out the pattern, but also to be able to do it in a limited timeframe. The patterns will get more complicated and most people will not be able to finish all the patterns in the given time. The test result will be a percentile rather than an IQ number.
Studying for an IQ test defeats the point of measuring your IQ. Studying for it is like cheating. It's not a test, it's a measuring system. It's like eating for a week before checking your weight, makes no sense.
@@LetoZeth IQ is supposed to be able to quantify both fluid and crystallized intelligence. Thus, it can be said that studying and preparing beforehand will help. IQ tests in itself are debatable in its ability to measure intelligence even though it attempts to quantify it. It is undoubtedly a good ballpark tool that produces reliable results, but it is also unable to capture all aspects of what we call intelligence, especially parts that we don't understand yet. The most it can do is put your certain abilities on a normalized distribution against other people in the same nation (again, a totally arbitrary concept). Plus, keep in mind that psychometrics has been a field that has been stagnating since the 1950s. And yes, it is a test. Google what test means, and the first definition will do the explaining.
@@xchhhhhhhh - I don't think you fully comprehend what IQ truly is. And arguing with you about it would be pointless, as I can already tell what kind of person you are. Blocked.
@@LetoZeth Ad homenims aren't really useful if you want to get to a conclusion in a debate. I hope I haven't offended you? "And arguing with you about it would be pointless, as I can already tell what kind of person you are. Blocked." I used evidence very clearly. I explained it. Not sure where my reasoning falls short in your standard? Additionally, what part of IQ do I not "fully comprehend"? It's beyond me why you would assume that from what I have written.
You can definitely prepare for SAT (actually I never took an SAT exam but we have a similar exam here in my country so I am assuming it’s the same thing based on what I read about it) You can’t study as in learn new things but you can practice and make strategies this will definitely boost your score, I have found that our minds need training just like our bodies, if your brain is “out of shape” there is a big chance you won’t score so high Sorry for bad English m8
Essentially, you could learn to take a test like this just like you could learn the patterns of a Rubiks cube or do Sudoku on the toilet. I remember as a kid the idea of whether or not I was smart enough caused me so much anxiety. It took me all this time to realize it doesn't matter. I have a science degree and I work in education and I firmly believe that intelligence is so complicated that it's hard to accurately measure. I work with people who have several master's degrees, but who completely lack logic and common sense.
Intelligence Quotient testing would be a difficult task for Shakespeare, but a simple one for Einstein or Aristotle. Being smart and being intelligent aren't the same thing, and there's no reason for anyone to WANT to be more intelligent than they currently are. While I've always held that Einstein lied to the public with his famous fish statement, his thoughts meant well. The deeper meaning of it was simply that everyone is SMART when it comes to SOMETHING, however the lie is that anyone is a fish in their own water. Most people couldn't achieve greatness in their own 'water' or field if their life depended upon it.
I completely agree with this. An IQ test doesn’t measure anything other than your ability to perform well under test conditions. It only looks at your answer, not your internal processing or how your brain actually works. I know personally of so many gifted individuals with great aptitude for problem solving but struggle to work under such conditions, and would most likely score low on a test. On the other hand, I know many Mensa members with supposedly high IQs, yet lack any form of common sense or maturity whatsoever. All in all, human intelligence is fluid, multi-faceted and far too complex to be reduced down to a sheet of paper and a couple of hours, which in itself only analyses one aspect of cognitive development. As a wise man once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
@@FinalStooge No reason for anyone to want to be more intelligent than they currently are!? What are you smoking? There is at least one reason, such as being more able to solve one's own problems. Plenty of people I've met wish they were more intelligent, to have better achievements in lives and to understand everything better.
You have noticed it too. Just couple days ago I replied to a guy's answer on a Q&A site where, instead of answering the actual question, he basically attacked and criticized the simple question which only asked a location of a certain saying in a certain book. And he used such a faulty logic that I coudn't believe he was capable of writing. To top it off, he had a B.A degree and was a TEACHER in the U.K. That was just one of many examples where I realized that somebody's school degree or the amount of knowledge is not a guarantee of their intelligence, correctness of their logic, or their wisdom.
Mario Pellegrino Jesus Christ man Edit: at first I thought you were referencing Eliot Rodgers, implying that OP looked like him. Just realized that OP’s pic actually IS Eliot Rodgers. It’s less funny now :(
IQ tests measure something very real, and they do a good job measuring it, too. As far as I know though, it is only weakly associated with success in life - there are too many other things that are also important.
However, from reading the comments I think people can be very good at recognizing abstract patterns but can be bad at these kinds of tests. Test taking in itself is a skill that not everyone has and isn't necessarily correlated to intelligence.
Both 23 and 25 (and likely that whole section) were operating opposite of what the question was showing. To get those answers you would have needed the "?" in the 4th slot, not the 3rd. The question were asking if "A -> B then C -> D" but the answers were operating as if "if A -> B then C
148 -152 after taking several of these tests including the one for MENSA. IQ is more of your ability to comprehend and process information rather than regurgitate information from a text book.
Thanks for sharing. Here is a definition of IQ that is the best I have personally ever heard: "IQ is what you use when you have no idea what to do". So true.
i personally think that something like this cant measure intelligence accurately. Because youre essentially trying to find an answer that has been deemed as "Right" by the people who created the test. But the way i see it when it comes to patterns and shapes there could be multiple ways of answering and it wouldnt really make it incorrect if you didnt answer the way it was intended. It also doesnt help when a person can get a score of above avg in one IQ test and a below avg in another. Its not consistent at all.
That IQ test seems very extremely one dimensional compared to the breadth of cognitive tasks that people actually carry out in life. IQ doesn't seem a fitting name; it should be called a pattern recognition test. People with a high score have aptitude at recognizing patterns, but could be dunces in other ways.
yeah, except they arent dunces in other ways,. If you test that assumption, it turns out to be wrong, people who are good at this type of thing are good at all cognitive tests. People seem to have this innate dislike and distrust of iq tests, when they are very well supported by the evidence and are powerful predictors. IQ is general aptitude, not specific to this type of test, its just that this type of test is very easy to administer.
They could, but it is highly unlikely. These kind of IQ-tests are based on the G-factor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) Statistical analysis shows a correlation between this kind of intelligence (spatial) and other kinds of intelligence. I.e. If you are smart in one way you are usually smart in all the others as well . Then there are outliers of course, but these people are very uncommon.
i like this really. Also there was a pshychology professor that spoke about kids with high IQ generally scored low or failed in her gymnasium classes (before she went on to dr.degree) and those who succeeded was those who had the will to power through every obstacle, even with less intelligence than "high IQ kids". So after reading that book, and going through alooot of self scrutiny, i realised IQ isn't a good indicator to show who is gonna excel in life, it is perseverence. (the book is called grit by angela duckworth)
Well IQ tests are design to test for logical mathematical intelligence, not your social intelligence, your emotional intelligence, your physical intelligence, your creative intelligence, your artistic intelligence etc. It just so happens that the logical part is the only part we value in western society.
I took the test. I thought question 11 was about primes, so I gave the following prime in line as answer, which appeared to be wrong although it's a valid sequence. I think they should remove the only prime answer in the list of answers to remove this confusion.
I honestly thought that too, but for some reason my mind played a trick on me that the first box had 2 lines: That would have checked out as an alternate solution, since 2 is a prime number, but it doesn't because the first box has 1 line in it. 1 is not a prime number, so C cannot be correct. D is the only possible answer.
@@gniewomircioek6845 It's actually 8. Contrary to the correction I gave myself after reading it again, I don't even know what I was on, as It appears that box 1 actually does have two line segments coming from a reference point, even though it is a solid line. The logic follows either one of two ways: 2+1=3; 3+2=5; 5+3=8, or 2+3=5; 3+5=8. Sure, you could say each picture increasing by 2 lines would give you C, but even if plausible, it appears that that was not the logic used for the problem. In any case, I think either C or D could be valid answers, which is a serious flaw in the test maker's logic set.
Mathematical IQ tests are B.S. I’ll tell you this now, your Mathematical reasoning is based off of knowledge and not how quickly you can learn from something. So, that being said, forms of spatial reasoning are predominant for figuring out how good you learn or pick up on things.
The problem I have with some of these tests is that there could be multiple valid patterns… which lead to different “incorrect answers.” For example at 4:20. The way I saw this problem was “it starts with 1 line, then 3 lines, then 5 lines. The pattern is +2 lines. So the next shape should have 7 lines” it leads to the wrong answer…
you fell into the trap. there is an obvious radiating line pattern from center which continues into all patterns. saying the first pattern has only 1 line does not account for the obvious radiating hint. we must apply this in reverse to pattern 1 once we realize this. pattern 1 becomes two lines radiating from center. then do the problem from our adjusted understanding.
I am usually amazed how on the 27-32 puzzles, people never see the diagonal hints. They're usually more clear and straight forward than the horizontal or vertical hints.
@@njfrnjn Seeing how you (the internet) will never believe any number I put in, I will just say I have a membership card in my wallet, and leave it there :)
I think it says a lot that so many people have such visceral reaction to the very idea of their intelligence being measured. We measure performance all the time. People measure how fast their can run, how much weight they can lift, how high they can jump, how fast they can type, how quickly they can solve a Rubik's cube. Why are people so butthurt about measuring their intelligence?
@@noxteryn you can't measure intelligence big boi, there are too many factors that need to be taken in consideration to really create a proper "intelligence" test
11:15 If you look at the vertical lines: 1 Circle, 2 square, 3 traingle If you look at the Diagonal Lines: 1 Circle, 2 Square (So 3 triangle is expected) If you look at the Horizontal lines we have got 1 Circle (2 square is expected), 3 triangle. Since we do not have the triangle as an option (So it will be under the shaded area), I think the answer should be A here.
The only one I missed was #11, because I saw the first image as one straight line, not two coming from a centre. So instead of 2, 3, 5, I saw 1, 3, 5 and the obvious answer was the shape with 7 lines, i.e. C. Had the diagram included a centre point I would have recognized the Fibonacci sequence and guessed D.
if you recognized a center point for the 3 & 5, then once realized, the center point should be assumed for them all. but it was a miss for me on that one also.
That brings back some fond memories for me. Years ago I actually past that test. Yeah, you see, I was at a college testing center, and I was walking down a hallway, and I saw the test sitting on a table, and I past it as I was walking by. And I never looked back!
@@kidcoma1340 how does C not follow the visual logic? If you want to go down that path than B would become probable. The first image has a thin line to the right which is replaced by a thick V to the right in the second image. The third image has a thin line to the left which is replaced by a thick V to the left. A thin line down is then tacked on the bottom. The next step would not apply a swap of a thick V for a thin line because no original thin lines exist and a thin line would then be added to the top. You can make a logical argument for any but A, with D being amateurish at best.
I'm an 80 years old dude, took an extra year to graduate H.S. at the bottom of my class. 2 years later, I scored 137 (in top 2%) when I tested against a "normal" population. But if I go to Mensa and ask to be tested against all others who are tested to get into Mensa, my test results would NOT be in the top 2%. That's because I would NOT be compared against a "normal" population. In all likelihood I would fall short because only "gifted" people want to get into Mensa. Even if I did get in, with an IQ of just 137, what would I have in common with a bunch of brainiacs? Duh...sum times I sympli AMAZE myseff !
As a child I was only learning to survive and take care of my self, I scored 78 and was put in learning disability and was the worst thing the school board could have done. Took the test 2 years ago as an adult and scored 132 I dont let it get to my ego but it was a boost in confidence.
Bro, I'm lucky that didn't happen to me. When I was a little kid I didn't care about tests, and I took an IQ test and probably performed pretty bad. Now I'm guessing I'd make atleast above a 120, but that's purely based on get 170s on online tests.
Yeah and anxiety can affect results. I know that because I do much better on IQ style questions than I used to when I had perhaps even more severe attention deficits. But I also have classic autism, which severely affects my learning intelligence and memory. Top that with the horrible chronic anxiety and you can understand what makes autism so difficult for some of us . I think someone can also have quite high fluid intelligence but without great chrystallised intelligence due to the lower memory capacity I mentioned, you're still limited. Even though my reading and writing level and comprehension were well above my peers, at an adult's level, when I was only 11. My verbal intelligence is definitely higher than my numerical intelligence as well, because I'm generally better at word puzzles than number puzzles; though my pattern recognition also seems to be pretty good.
me too, I took it at 11 got a 117 but I took it again at 14 and got a 132. I have learning disability too, I think it’s interesting when they say it doesnt change but it does for me
Qualification for Mensa is in which percentile your score falls. Mensa accepts people in the top two percentiles of standardized IQ tests. One could have, say, a score of 130 but it puts them in the 89th percentile on that particular test, whereas on another test, 130 may put them in the 98th percentile.
I took two iq exams 132 on one, and 148 on the other. Both said I was in 98th and the other said 99th percentile. Which one is right? There's literally dozens of other iq tests out there. Do I just average the two out?
How all the stupid humans of ytb get 140 -170? something is wrong the average is 100 no 160 all the tests of internet is fake and me too can score very high in these tests( in this 33-33 in 15min)but im sure that im a little above of the average(105-115)im not Einstein definitely and nobady here!
@@davidshanley558 different iq tests work on different scales. the percentile is really what matters. my iq on a standard, 15-point standard deviation is ~~133, but that is also an iq of ~~152 on the old, 24-point standard deviation; however, they are both ~~98.5th percentile. you could say your iq is 400 if you think of the standard deviation as 100 points and the median as 200, all that matters is your z-score (and therefore, percentile)
I have taken these tests unwittingly various times. Even to qualify for a job. This is the first time I am learning how to solve it. Glad that I went with same logics for the most part atleast. It's logical thinking. Good stuff.
this seems like my kind of test no memorizing anything no needing to study or learn anything just gotta figure out what the funny shapes are doin plus its multiple choice which is perfect because I hate writing
It's interesting to see this test because I'm not very good at problem solving games. But I manage people at my job and regularly have to come up with solutions as well as manage really smart people. I don't know how important this iq test really is for me.
@@mac1bc This test is important for is people that want to put a number on their intelligence for people that wanna get the high score in the game of smarts. Its pretty useless to anyone who just wants to live their life content with being an average person, although if someone is smart people can usually tell without being told a number because smart people do smart people things. There is one person I knew who was legitimately really smart but I really wish they just had a number to go around and show people instead of trying to tell people all the stuff they knew when nobody really asked because that would've been less annoying, so all and all I think the iq test is a good thing for people that like to show off.
These aren't really numerical math questions. They test the ability to see patterns. People with high IQ are generally very good at detecting complex patterns. The first time a genius sees the Fibonacci sequence (even before being exposed to it in math) they're likely to see and understand the pattern. You would never see one of these patterns where the answer is pi, for example, because that's a test of knowledge, not ability. IQ tests try really hard not to test what you know. It is really hard to completely achieve this in a practical test, of course. People with high IQ tend to have certain abilities in common. The ability to see 3-dimensionally in your mind. Pattern seeking. Complex logic and reasoning skills. That's what the test looks for.
@@stargazer7644 yes ofc but almost all of the people who studied discrete maths and calculus in college can immediately recognize those patterns. you dont have to be a genius. Actually you are for what i have said . Tests might yield more accurate results for smart people who did not go through higher education.
But how do you explain that some kids can predict the content of more advanced textbook without actually reading it I mean they are able to figure out the theorems on their own
@@stargazer7644 My proposition is that it's immensly benefitial for you to already have encountered puzzles - even if not similar - in the past, especially in childhood and as a teenager. After a certain age - which is probably around 26 - however it wont change much anymore. In my opinion it is greatly underestimated how environmental factors shape our brain and nervous system as a whole (neuro plasticity). Yes the genome is the base of everything, but how it is expressed greatly depends on experience and therefore learning. I do think that IQ test can messure intelligence, but i also think that this intelligence is to a not to be underestimated degree dependent on the early years of development. This can also explain the rapid increase of IQ in the west during the technological era. Besides of education, nutrition and other factors can be equaly important for the development of the brain in the early stages of a human life. We for example know quite well how a mothers affection or negligence is crutial for the development of social skills of her offspring.
At 8:52 i feel the real difficulty of the question is that the pairs aren't based on the direction of reading by the west. In those questions the relationship goes outside of pair to in rather than left to right. If the question read left to right rather than outside to in then #25 would be a vertical line rather than a horizontal one because the relationship would be undoing the far right object to produce a start point. Instead the middle line is the end point and therefore read right to left, which isn't intuitive for a reader of the english language.
To me, this is a good measure of intelligence. To be able to see patterns in the short amount of time one is given in these tests is really impressive. Further convinces me, though, that I would score quite low as I am easily confused with spatial recognition. Rather dyslexic!
No, it's not dysLEXia. You don't even know what that word means. You probably are just bad at identyfing patterns and spatial imagination. Which is in literally no way a measure of intelligence btw because that's not measurable
I’m only 5 minutes in but number 11, I also referenced lines from the center, but the pattern I saw was prime numbers. Answer could be C as well. This is a classic flaw in IQ tests, they are subjective to those who interpret the results.
No IQ tests ever incorporate prime numbers or anything similar because that requires prior knowledge which gives well educated people an advantage and defeats the whole point of the test.
@@agoogleaccount9608 Prime numbers are a concept that one can arrive at even without prior knowledge so I'm not sure why they're "not allowed" to be incorporated.
@@agoogleaccount9608 Primes are fundamental to the structure of the natural numbers, they absolutely do not require prior knowledge, they are an obvious corollary to the existence of the natural numbers. Of course, one could say the same of all mathematics, the entire field can be logically derived from the most fundamental and obvious truths we know; virtually nothing in mathematics requires prior knowledge, it's not like biology or physics where you have to be aware of empirical data derived from the various research projects to understand the field -- all of mathematics could be derived sitting in a dark room by yourself with no access to other people or outside knowledge. I've never taken an IQ test, but do they tell you these assumptions they made in creating the test before you take it? If not, I would think an exam in mathematics would be a better indicator of IQ because in that case the questions would be stated in formal mathematical language, which is perhaps the most clear and concise language known to man, with (presuming the test was properly put together) mathematically provable unique answers.
It is also important to realize that the squares with the diagonal lines in them are a test to see if your choice has consistency in the diagram that agrees with your deduction of what would belong in the square with the diagonal lines... in other words, they are just omitted information that you are expected to deduce.
the fact the lines are crossed, and therefore no longer viable as absolute lines, should tell you to read the pattern differently. you fell into the trap.
I tested high early in my life. Only thing it really added to my life was knowing just how remarkably little I ever really knew, and how many really interesting things there were to investigate:)
The curious mind will always find new things to explore. Unfortunately, the world seems to be populated with apathetic minions that simply don't care about anything but themselves...
A vast majority of people don't get to the point where you are until much later in their lives. One way of looking at IQ is mental "age" multiplier for body age. 100=1.00
@@Snarkapotamusspecially among our youth in the political left. Society managed to create an unbelievable amount of snowflake yelling narcissists. For god’s sake, they’re so stupid and unbearable. And don’t get me wrong, I’m in the same age group as them, not that grandpa who says back in his days things were much better.
@@glicher6233 "Mensa" is Latin for "table" - I believe the founder envisioned Mensa as something around which people would meet. But it does mean other things in other languages.
Many highly intelligent people lack what you would consider to be common sense. They’re still far smarter than everyone else. They live on a different plane.
@@competetodefeat4610 I've met a lot of Mensans. And while many of them are indeed rather eccentric, they are all quite smart. Some of them are shockingly brilliant. Thousands of them converge every year at the Annual Gathering.
Funny perhaps, but hardly reality. Unless you interact with them more deeply, you cannot tell who is just generally quite intelligent and who is a typical "qualifyee" (I made that word up) for Mensa. I've never in my life heard of any person without a physical handicap who would have problems tying their shoelaces. Has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence (above mental retardation level).
Quite often, people join Mensa for very different reasons than to showcase their IQ. What's even more: a lot of them keep their membership a secret, even to their close relations. I see Mensa as a place I can call home and talk to people with common experiences and shared emotions. There are particular similarities you can find among members more often. Even while it's a very diverse group.
Woe is me! It's so hard to relate to the plebs who are incapable of experiencing all of the emotional complexities of life on the same level as those who are perhaps a standard deviation higher than them on some standardized tests! They're too busy watching reality TV while I'm trying to solve the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem! I need a special club.
i tested my iq (not through Mensa) and got 133. do you think i would be able to join? if so what are the tangible benefits? I put this sort of thing on my résumé.
Test starts at 2:26. I am not promoting Mensa here, I personally would not want to join the organisation. For many of these questions I could see multiple correct answers, but I'm showing the ones that Mensa recognises.
I looked into it many, many years ago, and quickly came to the same decision.
That is an interesting personal decision for not joining.
My partner refused to let our daughter joining such an organization too after she was encouraged by multiple parties to do so nor did my partner allowed our daughter to enter the state runs gifted education program. At the time, I thought my partner was nut, but I slowly understand why.
It's not all bad, it depends on the motivation for joining.
For some it's pride and ego, but some of us are just looking for weird friends.
Nice
I like how you think we'd just assume you have a 130+ IQ when it remains to be seen. Nice try though.
Great news! I took an IQ test; luckily it came back negative
that's... highly concerning LOL
Nice
Lol
Negitive?
Hahahahaha
My uncle was bragging about belonging to Mensa. My Aunt told him, "I'm smart enough that I don't pay people to tell me I'm smart."
your aunt is very smart
Genius on her own league .. Stan your aunt
Wisdom and intelligence are different attributes.
hope every doctor you go to paid someone else to make sure they're smart enough.
@@aj2228 Mensa logic
The only genius in MENSA is the person who started it by convincing other "geniuses" to pay for membership so they could brag they were members. A classic con, using someone's own ego against them.
the real genius is the founder of mensa
@@joaopedroaguiarfmatos1473 Yes, that's what I said. Thanks for posting the abridged version.
You got 21 of 33 questions correct
I'm a high school drop out from the ghetto who couldn't tell you what 7x3 is. lol
So yeah, i don't don't know what a sine curve is and even if i could recognize a square root pattern i wouldn't know the calculation to solve it.
Oh, i guess my point is, it definitely wouldn't take a genius to breeze through this "test"
@@CBourn48223 So, you're making the classic mistake of getting involved in a land war in Asia... I mean, confusing "intelligence" with "knowledge". You may not be well-educated, but you may still be very intelligent.
You can definitely study for an IQ test.
They hit the basic areas of intelligence, so brushing up on those areas will allow you to score better than if you let all those skills atrophy since your school days.
I took the Mensa test and got in. It was fun to see these questions again.
barely, you arent smart enough to get how unimportant studying for patterns are. Its also not always the same. You can study and score a few points max.
@@coffee838I can make a ai which can score full score
@@coffee838 pattern recognition is definitely a skill and you can train it
@@coffee838 You certainly start from the baseline of your own innate ability, but with training this baseline can indeed be improved. Think about it like athletic performance. With training, anyone can improve his/her athletic performance, even though you will never be at the level of elite athletes.
@@albertpuig6273 says the 80-iq
It's funny because in spanish MENSA means silly, fool, idiot, etc.
David Dominguez jajaja EH verdah.
In Italian it means dining room
Mensa is the place you take your meals at a university
ay estoy bien menso
" high iq society "
peak human intelligence
I’m too busy studying for my drug test.
still studying?
remember take the test high get high scores.
Did you pass?
Hi grandpa
I really studied for my drug test, in fact I crammed hard the night before.
My uncle Gary used to say that "You know you're smart when you think you yourself are too stupid to function yet you're constantly flabbergasted by the level of idiocy of everyone around you". Or something like that
I must be a genius
That is actually quite true. I've read about IQ.
Or something like that......hahahahah.
thanks. i really needed that good laugh !
Oh my god I am laughing so hard.
Totally proves I must be a frickin genius 🤣🤣🤣
I have kinda always known (or suspected rather) that I'm smarter than most kids. Maybe because my parents always told me that or the fact that I was getting A:s without really trying. But one thing that I can relate is the feeling of everyone else being stupid. I was thinking many years that they are pretending to be for some odd reason. I thought that "maybe being smart is a bad thing" back then. Like no one likes you if you are smart.
"I wish we valued wisdom as highly as intelligence."
Dennis King
Weirdly intelligence rarely equates with humbleness, wisdom or emotional maturity. I’ve met some really intelligent people but most of them struggle with emotional intelligence and tend to be pompous too.
@@TheLastEgg08 Well, I hope I'm not that smart.
What about empathy and compassion?
@@captainozone5393 Wisdom is balanced in part by those.
@@dennisking4589 isn't intelligence innate while wisdom acquired. Even some serial ki2llers had above 130 iq
IQ is an excellent way to measure how good someone is at IQ tests.
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How come BaSKET ball plaYERS are all IQ loaded ????
Exactly
idk why my friends scored higher than me in iq tests but they seem to comprehend knowledge a lot slower than me :|
@@sweetie_py Don’t be concern about it. Just like what he said, IQ tests only measure how well you can take an IQ test. I have friends who did well in college, but always seem to be clueless with everything else.
I scored a 160 point on my test now i can watch "rick and morty" as well as "big bang theory" and understand the deeper humor
Does this mean that you couldn't before taking the test?
@@Verschlimmbesserung i heard some of the big brain jokes a thought it might have been to advanced
@@zygon2918 Now can you understand that The Big-Bang Theory is a bogus theory ?
@@Zarathoustra82 how is it bogus please explain in detail
@@gregstevenson8636 13.7 billion years ago ? Everything came out of nothing ? Earth rotating at 1000mph and 66,600mph around the Sun ? And we don't feel a thing. How can we believe that sh*t ?
Studying super hard for my prostate exam tomorrow wish me luck!
Last minute cramming is not recommended.
so how did it go? did you pass?
you are a man of culture
@@clydeargent4001 Dude, idk which is better the comment or your reply.
I'd rather pass a prostate exam then a Mensa test
Took the Mensa test way back, around 1990 or something. It was in Utrecht, the Netherlands. After I had done the test I got an invitation by mail and joined them. Went 2 times to attend a meeting. They have all sorts of interest groups. Met a few very weird people there and never went back again.
In what sense were they weird?
@@000euMJautists prolly
@000euMJ Probably anti-social or socially awkward, possibly even autistic if I had to guess.
@@000euMJ Incels
@@aszhhh5815 1. how do you measure EQ and what exactly is that?
2. any evidence for that claim?
I took an IQ test as a kid and got a great score. I based my whole young life around this number. "No matter what happens I'm smart so I'll be fine. I don't have to worry about learning or homework because I'm smart." Too bad they didn't test emotional intelligence. I'm in my mid 20s coming out of recovery trying to basically start from scratch. Don't pay too much attention to a silly number kids. Work hard and pay attention. Set a goal and keep after it.
I totally agree with you
I am sorry that happened to you, people shouldn't put that on kids, they don't get it is harmful, and I just wanted to tell you that I understand. However, I must say that personally the most profoundly gifted people I knew when I was young were so profoundly lacking in emotional intelligence that I even as a child I was seriously concerned as to how they would function outside of an academic environment that tolerated their eccentricities, and in the end many of them simply couldn't. Their friends, family, and faculty all fueled their egos in many ways, however the greatest perpetuators of their conceit were without exception always themselves. Myself included, especially in regards to my friends and family. I genuinely hope you are doing well a year after this comment, feel free to reach out if you ever want to chat either way, and I sincerely wish you all best.
You were arrogant and lazy. That has nothing to do with intelligence. Can hardly say you based your young life around intelligence then immediately say you didn't study. I don't understand why people in the comments are praising this
@@stevepickford3004 I assure you not everyone has to "study" in grade school, and not everyone studies equally either. In fact some people ace their classes without ever cracking the assigned text reading. Some students remember an entire lecture with perfect auditory recall, or possess a photographic, or eidetic memory, and some people are are Kim Peek who read two pages of a book simultaneously with each eye while recalling every book they have ever read. So... this in your mind concerns what if not intelligence?
There are people on this earth who learn languages in a weeks, for fun, and by only listening to it being spoken. Thomas Fuller existed. Obviously this hasn't been your personal experience... and that is fine, no ones giving prizes or looking for them here. Also, no one is saying studying has zero merit, just that it has a different place and meaning in our lives, because it is just a basic fact that what is effortless to some may well be impossible to others. Personally I didn't study in any meaningful way throughout my time in college yet achieved a 4.0 GPA effortlessly, so if anyone was lazy in my educational past it was the schools for the level of challenge they offered and provided. The only challenge there was attendance.
That being said - what other insight can you provide here past ridiculous insults? Because if anyone here has been arrogant or lazy in the comments here it has been you Steve.
i thought the rule was you werent supposed to let non adults know their exact score on an iq test for this very reason. i could even see only telling the parents the percentile and not exact number to still avoid problems
All of a sudden everyone has an IQ of 150+
Mine is 120
@@chaniswatching5591 mine is 10
@@disappointment8094 i thought so
My IQ,
0.5> X >-1k
Excuse me, my IQ is around 90. This is very offensive. I'm literally balling my eyes out due to the fact you're roasting me. Please don't offend my tiny ego.
I've done extremely well on IQ tests, starting with one I had to take in third grade. That one was a real IQ, as far as I can determine looking back. It had a lot of questions with images, matching gloves and hands, matching rotated figures, etc. The later tests I've taken had more in common with SAT tests. There were a lot of questions that depended on prior knowledge, culture, and teaching. Just one example was an analogy. Achilles is to tendon as Pandora is to _____. Most people would know the answer is box, but only if they had heard the term Pandora's box in conversation or had been taught about or read the mythology. In short, testing says I'm a genius, but I don't trust the testing.
Great analogy. Always did well on them as a kid, but now as a physician, I would answer the question as "Achilles is to tendon as Pandora is to GREEK LITERATURE". Achilles is probably a fictional character, but the achilles tendon is real. Therefore Pandora has to relate to something factual. Greek Literature is factual. I see no connection between "Pandora" and a physical box. If anything, Pandora is a radio station.
This proves that you are a genius;) (not trusting them in addition to score high :))
@@davidh9844 you’d be wrong it’s box
Achilles tendon (heel)
Pandora's sides (box)
@McCarthy Park & P.A.P.A. - Now get it a head of time & study. Then ??? are you a genius?? - getting wrong at that does say something though.
My IQ for trying this test would soon evolve into 'I Quit'.
Soon everyone will be transformed into "IA"
I Agree
No you have great sense of comedy
😂😂😂😂😂
Good one😂
lmaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooo
Me: I choose "C"
MENSA: You gave the wrong answer
Me: You didn't ask the right question
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Yeah, the answer to 11) could completely logically be C -- if the sequence were primes. And no indication is given why that should not be the case. So I'd agree, the question is just plain wrong.
Extremely gifted.
MENSA: you are selected
@Мотхер Фуцкер omg Мотхер Фуцкер
I can't even pass my urine test.
Wtf then stop getting stoned
I can't even pass urine
Pro tip: You need to find the urinal.
nørnir my urine just won’t pass, I have no way to expel it, I’m like a ken doll down there.
@@nrnir3960 so you have liquid inlets and not outlets. How are you even process.
This was so soft spoken and concise. I appreciate it!
Actually, you can train for an IQ test. The questions follow a sort of pattern, and once you know how to do them, you can practice and improve your score.
but that's counted as cheating, you won't get to test your real ability. just the same as stealing an exam paper and memorizing its pattern before it's given.
@@aryazeref No, it's not the same at all! By practicing, you are not memorising answers, you are simply training yourself to better identify patterns. It's just like studying for an exam. It's not cheating. You would not get the same questions on the real test.
@@user-yz9kz6vt9y it depends on how you study the exam, if you learn the concept only without doing some exercises ,or you learn the exercises as well, but on the test it's really different but actually it uses the same concept, then that's pretty much the same as IQ, IQ's questions aren't meant to be taught, but meant to be solved with your built in logic.
@@aryazeref But my point is you CAN train for the IQ test and improve your score by solving similar practice problems. You can improve your sense of logic!
@@aryazeref - There is no in built logic as you said, logic is learned. If you spend a good amount of your time learning mathematics and calculating only by your brain, you will naturally score higher in math problems of the IQ test. So you can take all the cognitive capacities that an IQ test measure and you can work on them to become better over time, without passing one IQ test. Once you learned enough, you can pass the test and i will guaranty that you will score much higher than average.
I have done it previously to flex with my schoolmates while ago, our teacher wanted to test our IQ so she told us that she called a psychologist to do an official test - i live in Europe, maybe u don't do that in America -, so i had one week to "hack" IQ test. I proceeded to search about IQ test and what they measure, then i started, for the entire week, training all cognitive capacities that an IQ measure - like math, pattern recognition ...
The day come and we were passing the test one by one and timed by the psychologist - before the test, the psychologist spoke to us to see if we had any problems that could interfere with the IQ test.
Guess what, i scored up 147 ! "Exceptionally high intellect" as the psychologist said, all my class was really surprised and for a reason, i was pretty bad in school - focus problem. I didn't consider myself as a Genius, i tried another IQ test a while ago and i lost 25 points relative to the my first IQ test and i think the reason is that i no longer actively develop the various cognitive abilities as i did before, this show how one can learn and score better at IQ tests even if its his first time.
tldr : Through learning, one can score better at IQ tests
first one looks like a dorito, second one like a sandwich, third one a pizza, so the answer must be a chicken leg
😂🤣
Ur joke is smart ur probably a 154 iq.. i got the joke but i failed how u got a leg so im avg 109 lolololol
@Duupar ur smarter than i am...lol
th-cam.com/video/2PXSuqvLnh8/w-d-xo.html
Genuis, only fast food junk food niggas can relate
Me: takes online iq test
Me: wastes 1hour of my saturday and brain energy
Me: finishes the test
Website: PLEASE PAY 4 USD TO VALIDATE YOUR IQ
ME: OOF
Edit: I dont need a iqntest since I got one from my school I think it was 112.
Well at least you practiced your brain a little
Omg SAME
I just got "scammed" lol
Ironically you are failing any online IQ test by taking it in the first place
@@craigsparton it is just like a game bruh chill. Nobody said that it is accurate otherwise we'd pay. Dont take yourself for Einstein.
I've found throughout life that a high IQ is very akin to a speedy computer. You can process most ideas faster. IQ does not give you a better work ethic, it doesn't give you more information and it doesn't make you richer.
The downside of a higher IQ for me is that it has pushed me into growing tired of a job position or career over a period of time roughly equal to its complexity. On the positive side I've managed to be a reasonably good technician, supervisor, manager and web programmer during my career and work on a few fairly advanced technologies for the time.
Overall much more enjoyable than the struggles experienced by some others.
"Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will believe its whole life it is stupid."
- Albert Einstein -
"If you are so smart, how come I am so rich?" - Warren Buffett.
Best place to test IQ is stock market. Each trade of stock is mental judgement against each other between buyer and seller. But only one get it right, other wrong. If your judgments are consistently superior to others, you will be rich.
Second most objective measurement of potential mental ability is brain size, which is correlated to mental ability pretty well.
@@alexoolau As for that last line, potential aside, that would be dependent on the opinion of what iT is to be considered smart or able, right? One might put more stock in being able to beat people than in being able not to be beaten, and differentiating between living life like a game or hobby with the objective-me, as opposed to something real or existent, and expansive.
@@alexoolau Brain size isn't a good correlation by itself. A surface area to brain mass to body mass ratio is better. Regarding the stock market, you assume it's a fair playing field without the rules of the game being rigged against normal people, but clearly, the situation with Melvin capital and Reddit shows otherwise.
thats the go to answer I always have... different people are born to do different things.
@@alexoolau "Best place to test IQ is stock market" Good luck testing a classroom of 18 year old students in Nigeria.
IQ tests are fun but having common sense is truly a premium trait
Common sense Can pretty much answer any question
lmao nah, they are depressing
Common sense is 100% situational. What seems like common sense can be completely useless in a different situation or society. It's really only something people say when they've not experienced different cultures and situations.
@@Nothing-fc2so ? Usually people with high IQ are just normal people that are a little smarter than average. They have normal common sense levels.
@@FortheBudgies an example please? Pretty sure something like pointing a loaded gun at your head and pulling the trigger is detrimental to your health, across all societies and situations, and should be considered common sense.
How to pass the test
Step 1: learn enchantment table language
I learned enchantment table language over a year ago funny enough
A chicken thinks better than me
Done it during first month of lockdown xD
@Zhiyue Yang There is a time limit of 20 minutes. :)
@@twinnt that’s so sad
Pattern recognition is important when it comes to determining intelligence because everything can be expressed as a function. Functions are patterns.
Every job, task we do in life is a function. Every bit of data can be expressed as a function.
98% of people on this planet recognise patters, functions…. especially, the scrolling through unnecessary videos 😂
My son scored high enough and was accepted to join. Since he was only 16, my wife and I insisted we attend the open house meeting. About 30 MENSA members in this house aged from the mid 20's to 70's, with the majority in their 30's. These people were juiced-up on wine and carrying on conversations like it was a final exam. They ridiculed and shot down everything that didn't compare favorably with what they were taught in school. A group of hive-minds - highly opinionated under the tenants of social collectivism. My son was disappointed and his expectations crushed. He never asked to go back, and he never used his score on a resume' or employment interview. Go ahead, take the test. If you score high enough - congratulations, you may be accepted into this elite group. But beware, entering the room of infinite wisdom can be a very strange experience indeed.
Yup got an invite and passed their test with flying colors. Attended one meeting and nope with extra nope sauce. Lots of people were way outside of peer age range at the time and they were completely full of themselves. Fwiw I scored 164 at the tender age of 13, ended up graduating high honors from the school of hard knocks unfortunately though.
@@christopherleubner6633wow 164? That is very high, tell me how do you do that? What are you doing rn for work maybe?
So MENSA is basically a glorified Reddit mod meetup then?
They have wine, you say? 😀
Sounds about how I imagined Mensa would be
Every online IQ test I've ever taken: "You might be super intelligent"
Me: *enters the square root of 1 into my calculator*
Hey that’s better than me! I put 5-3 into my calc the other day
try the sqrt of -2 for an epic result
Becuase there not proper iq tests
@@roberts.wilson1848 √2i
@@roberts.wilson1848 lol
I once did the test blindfolded, scored maximum points. I now work with my own company making five centiljon dollars every second. 1+1=3
My dollars per second income rate can only be calculated by a supercomputer. The number is higher than the sum total of all the economies of all the habitable planets of the Milky Way galaxy. Only problem is, I am paid in a cryptocurrency not accepted anywhere on Earth. Oh, well.
2+2=5
3+3=7
4+4=9
5+5=16
You have a very calming relaxing voice.
as a woman, i relate
i had 27 out of 33
and i have to say this test is garbage. in many questions i could see multiple reasonable solutions, depending on the perspective of the individual solving it. and in my opinion pattern recognition is only a small part of what defines intelligence. additionally this kind of test can be trained for very well. also i am convinced my mathematical education has had a very big impact on the outcome of the test, so this definitely does not truly represent a correct measuring of intelligence, since that should not be influenced by knowledge.
EDIT: My comment very clearly refers to this specific Test, not IQ tests in general!
I totally agree with you, because if you look at any question you can find many patterns at the same time.
I think we should stop focuses on IQ tests especially for kids because it makes them feel stupid, the whole idea is just crazy.
The best way to test intelligence without being affected by knowledge is to just test your working memory
That’s the point, there are multiple correct answers and some are more difficult to construct
Ofc. People who score high on these tests just are good at taking them. Or just good at finding patterns. Geniuses are people who try 10000 different ideas(fail to they make it) Like Elon Musk and the owner of Ford
i have to agree, got 30/33 first try and you can easily see a lot of it is mathematical based. it would be interesting to see how mathematics education reflects outcomes of the test.
You definitely can study for IQ tests. There are books with many practice problems to work through and strategies of how to look for patterns in the shapes.
I wouldn't do it as your mind is only able to see natural patterns, studying takes away that idea, thinking such way tells me that your IQ is pretty much average
Yeah for sure. Real IQ tests also include memorising sets of numbers or objects etc, and in that case even simple things like knowing about chunking (remembering them in groups of 3 or 4, this is why phone numbers are formatted the way they are), or the basics of a "house of rooms" type setup can greatly improve your result.
The thing is, people who will do so will just lie to themselves, it's not like someone won't accept you in an job interview if you don't have enough IQ so such people are only lying to themselves and maybe their friends by forcefully increasing their score
That's what I thunk!
sounds like somebody did bad on it
After watching this video I would like to learn to speak and smile at the same time
@Jalinco TV lmfao! :)
Judging by your nickname you are Finnish, so you cannot smile nor speak anyway.
Mikko Kärkkäinen Where are you from?!
LOLLLLLL
Damn😂
My biggest problem are always the questions where the shapes are like super fancy but the pattern is much more simple than one may think (e. g. number 11 in this one, I couldn't figure it out because I didn't see any pattern in the shape itself and just moved on ). And thank you for explaining 25! I didn't understand why mine was wrong until you explained that the inversion is inwards/outwards, not downwards/upwards like I thought.
How would it be outward? The options only show inward or no inversion.
Question 25 is a bad question.
I didn't like number 11 as the size of the line differs.
Thought it was strange that 23-26 went out-to-in with the analogies rather than left-to-right like the previous section did.
I had the same thought. Interesting
Y Ain’t u verified
‘Cause I was canceled.
what did u get on the test
@@aaronkou1751 because there is nothing more useless than an iq test. Correction, with the exception of a Mensa membership
I had simillar test when I joined military.
And they send me to infantry so I probably had everything wrong
Me border patrol 😞
to ładnie xD
What country was this in?
asvab is not really a intelligence test, it is a job placement test for military purposes, it is how they assign your ait.
@@singinginthedark2786 it is actually exactly an intelligence test. that's why they have a minimum score to join, and minimum scores for particular jobs. IT jobs, intelligence, aviation, all require higher IQ and therefore, a higher asvab score. There are many intelligence test, sat, asvab, iq etc. they're all their own kinds of iq tests that measure intelligence just as well. You should listen Jordan B Peterson talk about it.
I would never join a club that would have me as a member. - Mark Twain
And Groucho Marx says "Try again".
Not Mark Twain. Groucho Marx said it.
😂😂😂😂
iT actually originated with John Galsworthy in the Forsyte Saga, whatever the heck that is.
These tests is where I shine.
I had a test with Mensa and was in the top 1%, which was the req to join.
The following year I lost 90% of my eyesight, and it has since then (7y ago) just improved back to 50%.
The loss of sight was very suddon ( in 1 week time from 100 to 19% which is like looking through 3 layers of mat glass).
I love visual math problems.
Maybe thats why I work as a 3D enginer.
You can also find these tests at the official Mensa website btw.
Wow! and wouldnt you be interested to try for the Triple Nine Society ??
I hate timed tests. They make me do worse because I'm thinking about the timer the whole time.
You biased, try playing timed games like chess. Then you will be able to manage your time more accurately.
@@SandraWantsCoke einstein was a great example! He was said to be a very deep thinker that would ponder slowly on stuff.
@@SandraWantsCoke But why would I hire someone that needs more time for the same answers? If someone is fast with the right answers, he probably also needs less time for more complicated problems. If you're fast, you have good cognitive abilities, so you're more likely to be able to comprehence problems the slower one could never answer.
@@juliansoto2651 me 2
@@SandraWantsCoke he didnt say he is a deep thinker or a quick thinker, he said he is thinks too much about the time while solving the test, so, as I said, he is biased.
I don't think I would do very well on this test. When I was a kid I had an IQ test and I did well, but the questions were largely based around identifying patterns. For those that struggle with tests like these; don't worry. Your life is not and will not be defined by a test. To the creator of the video; thanks for sharing. This was very insightful and I think you did an excellent job explaining the process to your solutions.
but this test is about identifying patterns... I dont get it your point.
@@antekkk I think he said about "the question in this video is mainly identifying patterns" Perhaps.
I've read some while ago from a book, it is said that some decades ago they used general knowledge instead of pattern like these nowadays. 🤷♂️
I wouldn't do good with these types of tests too. Everyone tells me that i must have very high iq (i think i am average). But i know if i ever took the test i will do much below average.
I have gift of problem solving but not these types. Real world difficult problems yes, these one no.
Even though, intelligence is more complex than what we think generally, recognizing patterns is certainly a part of it, since when you can recognize a pattern, you will be one step ahead of those who couldn't figure out the next step. It's specifically linked to the rational intelligence, though. It may help you learn things faster, if they are about rational learning.
I agree. I think alot of people who got a bad score tries to justify it like everyone does when they do bad at something so its understandable but facts are still facts
I can be rational in life, but not on a piece of paper.
@@alvaroakatico9188 you probably can, but other people with higher IQ just might be more rational than you
Lies again? Samsung Ericsson
i think it goes deeper than that. i tried the mensa test once, its actually easier q´s than their hand out suggests. the whole point is testing the capacity. 50 questions in 24 minutes. which means you cant stop, and you dont have time to go back much. if your brain was a computer, they would be testing your ram.
you could maybe say the ability to juggle multiple factors at once for longer periods of time gives you your ability to recognize patterns. would be full circle
did that test when enlisting for Croatian military service with 18.,at that time it was a law that all adults had to be recruited.,everyone copied the test from one guy who we thought was the smartest,all received infantry and ended up with a psychologist..
I had to take an IQ test when I was under examination for a possible ADHD diagnosis. So I have written proof from a doctor I don't have cognitive retardation.
But I still feel unsure about that every time I go to bed at night and realise I've been wearing my shirt backwards the entire day.
I feel the same when I spend 5 minutes looking for my glasses and then I realize I'm wearing them.
@@akualung Newton spent a few couple of hours pulling his horse back home and he didn't even realise his horse wasn't there for most of the trip. Hope that makes your day :)
Better than wearing it inside out.
I also store thing in my ass sleeve
What does your iq have to do with ADHD?
Legend has it that those who didn’t pay for MENSA are still checking their spam folder for an iq result.
Even if you officially join MENSA, they don't tell you your score. You just get the knowledge that you qualify. Source: I took the MENSA test in 2007, qualified, and joined. I haven't kept up my membership, though.
@@hlynna What's the point of joining Mensa in the first place other than to serve your ego?
@@nickwilson3499 there are social events, and they have scholarships
I passed the the Mensa test with a score of 149, and was invited to pay £39 a year to join, so with that in mind, I said no.
@@hlynna yes they do, and have my results to prove it.
Question 1 on the test: what is wrong with the TH-cam algorithm and how am I here
You should be flattered.
If Locomotive A leaves London at 10am and Locomotive B leaves Cardiff at 10am then when will sheep goats build a rocket ship?
Bill Clinton i think snowflake are the issue and the algorithm is very complex but cut it short it on a title and analysis of video folders and sound folders to initially sort threw the videos uploaded and after that it based on reports and flags till it goes to a snowflake to review it and remove it
Watch smartereveryday TH-cam channel to fined out more
Convert the letter to a numeral. A becomes 1, d becomes 4, g becomes 7, and j becomes 10. It's easier to see that all they are doing is adding 3. So the answer is the 13th letter or m.
During life we learned to "think outside the box" and Mensa just throws that suggestion out the window.. which kinda is outside the box.
There are ways to raise your test scores in IQ tests, I was hacking them a while ago. Step 1. Need some intelligence to work with. Step 2 is to increase brain capacity, can be done with diet and nootropics, basically brain steroids. Step 3 is to practice a few. If you know how the test questions are designed and can think how the test makers design questions then you will score higher. If you know the test questions are then much easier to do. Knowing the type of questions isn’t cheating, it’s called research or studying for a test. Test is sectional, you will see mathematical patterns, geometric patterns, logic patterns, symbolic patterns. So if you prep yourself in dissecting pattern relationships then you will score higher. I used to hack tests all the time lol.
Also, drink a 6 pack just before the test!
Two thoughts come to mind.
The first is a joke I heard years ago stating that the first sign of higher intelligence was joining Mensa. And the second sign of higher intelligence was dropping out of Mensa.
The second thought is more personal. I walked into my first Mensa gathering, hoping to find a place that really felt like "home". What I found was pretty much just a group of people that came across as being misfits. And I mean no disrespect when I say that. I met some nice folks. It's just that being in that group still didn't automatically make me feel like I "belonged". Just my personal opinion and experience. YMMV
Yup whole heartedly agree with that joke. 👌
"Two thoughts come to mind." ...One, Two.
@@josephbyrnhopf2481 An entire paragraph can be a thought. Or a condensed mental image that laterally reminds you of several ideas. Thoughts can be folded and unfolded.
What even is the purpose of a Mensa gathering? You group up and talk about IQ tests, or being smart? What's the point of these meetings anyway
@@maciekGTR It's a secret. I can't tell you unless you know the secret handshake! Seriously, it depends on what your interests are. They have general meetings, sometimes with speakers. And they often have smaller groups if there are enough people interested in a certain topic. Some folks are social and like to be around others. Others, not so much. I think it's safe to say that they all have an inquisite nature and enjoy learning, whether alone or in the company of others that they feel they fit in with.
I was gonna measure my intelligence, but I can't remember where I put my tape measure .
Lol, mensa genius is a hilarious oxymoron if you speak Spanish.
Lol, I was just thinking of that
lmao true
Yep when I first heard about it I thought it was the complete opposite.
was thinking about that lol
yes xddd
I asked for an adhd test and instead my psychologist gave me this exact same test
Can someone explain how this judges intelligence. I feel like this is a math test based on patterns. All of this can be taught information
Dr Jordan Peterson describes it quite nicely. You can create a test and give it to a bunch of different people (it doesn't matter the content) then make another test with different content. Make 100 different tests and you will find certain people generally perform better than others. You can then take out the questions that require previous knowledge and that basically gives you a test that tests how well you can obtain knowledge from the question its self. This IQ test sees how well you can turn information into knowledge. And unfortunately while you can learn how to be better at the IQ test, your overal IQ (how quickly you learn) doesn't generally change, but can predict alot about your social status and success.
@@10xGeneration Dr. Jordan Peterson is a white supremacist. I would not take much of what he says too seriously.
@@hashtagunderscore3173 "white supremacists" do not exist you absolute brainlet, it's what media told you. they're in a tiniest minority and besides, peterson is a ZIONIST, what can be worse than that?
This looks like your typical abstract reasoning test, nothing to do with maths, but yes its basically pattern recognition. The interesting thing is people who are good at this are typically fast learners, good at strategic thinking and they are also good at making sense from very little information, so inductive reasoning capability. People with high abstract reasoning can usually solve very complex and ambiguous problems. Whether this is the primary indicator of intelligence though is up for debate, but what is good about these tests is that they remove the language component and cultural references that are typically blamed for differences in scores across ethnic groups
High IQ is about pattern recognition ability and the speed at which you can do it. Someone with a high IQ may not know a subject because they were never exposed to it before, but can usually pick it up fast because they can recognize patterns and process new concepts quickly. These types of pattern tests obviously test pattern recognition, and the timed nature accesses the speed aspect of thought processing. Further, many of these patterns are complex enough to measure relative memory capacity and abstract visualization ability. Finding the patterns in numerous images requires being able to remember and compare all the details of each image clearly and abstractly visualize what the next image might be. It's actually difficult for many people to do more than about 3 images consistently. 4, 5, or even 6 and many lower IQ people start to struggle and even if they can solve them, it takes them much more time.
When your IQ is high enough, you realize that paying for any of these tests is a legitimate scam and thus you do not bother.
That's more insight or wisdom then intelligence
well that's not exactly true, steven hawking took the test once to make sure his intelligence wasn't degrading along with his health.
@@mclee0905 Consider this: in different cultures, one's "intelligence" is held to differing standards. When you are speaking of a global-scale, it is nigh-impossible to calculate "intelligence" on a point-based "scoring" system. This is even more true when we consider the simple fact that the very definition of "intelligence" itself is malleable: from place to place; that said, I do believe we can agree that there is some form of "baseline" whenever it comes to measuring "intelligence" on a very generalized basis. For example, the intelligence required to perform simple arithmetic, to have basic deductive and inductive reasoning capabilities, basic common-speech, basic reading skills, and basic writing skills in one's native language (though that final point would easily be refuted by cultures who do not use a writing system-or use one scantly). Whereas the theoretical "top" measure of intelligence evolves over time and is what changes from culture to culture; geniuses of their times have historically been out-performed by their posterity.
That's like saying paying for a crossword puzzle book is a scam. What crossword puzzles can do for you, is improve your literacy. What an IQ test can do for you, is improve your understanding of basic logic, math, patterns, geometry and so much more.... if that's not worth money to you, then ok. But don't call it a scam.
@@TheBazino Apologies if I am mistaken but your comment seems to show a severe lack of understanding regarding the topic at-hand. Allow me to explain: crossword puzzles can improve your literacy (to a degree), this is true; however, your second clause is where I digress. IQ tests, by their very nature, are tests that supposedly cannot be studied for and they supposedly measure your quotient of intelligence. This _is, in fact,_ a scam; I explained it in further detail in my above comment, if you are curious.
I'll always remember my advanced topics in psychology teacher said " IQ tests are great for measuring scores on IQ tests". Meaning, very rarely can we ever generalize the results of these tests on any psychological construct.
Well put!
And that's why this is only one part of entry into any program, psych evaluations, etc also form part of it.
IQ stands for intelligence Quotient. IQ test measure someone's potential to be intelligent, they do not contain hard or complex math questions (that is learned intelligence); The main attributes IQ tests are meant to test are problem solving, memory, ability to perceive information and critical thinking's. Those attributes are what govern ones ability to improve overall intelligence. Their are other forms of intelligence tests used in modern psychology and science the most important 2 are IQ and EIQ (emotional intelligence) as they govern a humans ability to function and comprehend the world around him/her! In short IQ tests measure how well someone can turn information into knowledge (aka how quickly someone can lean)
My cousin have iq test in the age of 10, iq 141, two years later he was able to understand and solves advance calculus. He was building own small robots and programming codes, he learned 5 languages in age 14. And he in general have this curiosity how thinks work and how they are connected to eachother
@@olgab170444 i know 4 languages and im very curious about our universe, im very good at philosophy and ive been thinking about this thing for months "E=mc^2" and i finally understood it without any vids, just by myself, but i still dont wanna do an IQ test, i just think that they dont test the right thing, recognizing patterns and geometrical forms its not intelligence, thinking by yourself is intelligence, i dont know how many times i started thinking about something very very deep or complex and i found an answer just using my common sense or logic and i found out that i was right, this is what IQ tests should actually test, the common sense and focus.
When you do a real mensa test there's a time limit though. It's not only about being able to figure out the pattern, but also to be able to do it in a limited timeframe. The patterns will get more complicated and most people will not be able to finish all the patterns in the given time. The test result will be a percentile rather than an IQ number.
"You can't study for an IQ test" -MENSA
and
"You can't study for SATs" -College Board
hmmmmmm.....
Studying for an IQ test defeats the point of measuring your IQ.
Studying for it is like cheating. It's not a test, it's a measuring system.
It's like eating for a week before checking your weight, makes no sense.
@@LetoZeth IQ is supposed to be able to quantify both fluid and crystallized intelligence.
Thus, it can be said that studying and preparing beforehand will help.
IQ tests in itself are debatable in its ability to measure intelligence even though it attempts to quantify it. It is undoubtedly a good ballpark tool that produces reliable results, but it is also unable to capture all aspects of what we call intelligence, especially parts that we don't understand yet. The most it can do is put your certain abilities on a normalized distribution against other people in the same nation (again, a totally arbitrary concept). Plus, keep in mind that psychometrics has been a field that has been stagnating since the 1950s. And yes, it is a test. Google what test means, and the first definition will do the explaining.
@@xchhhhhhhh - I don't think you fully comprehend what IQ truly is. And arguing with you about it would be pointless, as I can already tell what kind of person you are. Blocked.
@@LetoZeth Ad homenims aren't really useful if you want to get to a conclusion in a debate. I hope I haven't offended you?
"And arguing with you about it would be pointless, as I can already tell what kind of person you are. Blocked." I used evidence very clearly. I explained it. Not sure where my reasoning falls short in your standard?
Additionally, what part of IQ do I not "fully comprehend"? It's beyond me why you would assume that from what I have written.
You can definitely prepare for SAT (actually I never took an SAT exam but we have a similar exam here in my country so I am assuming it’s the same thing based on what I read about it)
You can’t study as in learn new things but you can practice and make strategies this will definitely boost your score, I have found that our minds need training just like our bodies, if your brain is “out of shape” there is a big chance you won’t score so high
Sorry for bad English m8
Essentially, you could learn to take a test like this just like you could learn the patterns of a Rubiks cube or do Sudoku on the toilet. I remember as a kid the idea of whether or not I was smart enough caused me so much anxiety. It took me all this time to realize it doesn't matter. I have a science degree and I work in education and I firmly believe that intelligence is so complicated that it's hard to accurately measure. I work with people who have several master's degrees, but who completely lack logic and common sense.
Intelligence Quotient testing would be a difficult task for Shakespeare, but a simple one for Einstein or Aristotle. Being smart and being intelligent aren't the same thing, and there's no reason for anyone to WANT to be more intelligent than they currently are.
While I've always held that Einstein lied to the public with his famous fish statement, his thoughts meant well. The deeper meaning of it was simply that everyone is SMART when it comes to SOMETHING, however the lie is that anyone is a fish in their own water. Most people couldn't achieve greatness in their own 'water' or field if their life depended upon it.
I completely agree with this. An IQ test doesn’t measure anything other than your ability to perform well under test conditions. It only looks at your answer, not your internal processing or how your brain actually works. I know personally of so many gifted individuals with great aptitude for problem solving but struggle to work under such conditions, and would most likely score low on a test. On the other hand, I know many Mensa members with supposedly high IQs, yet lack any form of common sense or maturity whatsoever. All in all, human intelligence is fluid, multi-faceted and far too complex to be reduced down to a sheet of paper and a couple of hours, which in itself only analyses one aspect of cognitive development. As a wise man once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
@@FinalStooge No reason for anyone to want to be more intelligent than they currently are!?
What are you smoking?
There is at least one reason, such as being more able to solve one's own problems.
Plenty of people I've met wish they were more intelligent, to have better achievements in lives and to understand everything better.
You have noticed it too.
Just couple days ago I replied to a guy's answer on a Q&A site where, instead of answering the actual question, he basically attacked and criticized the simple question which only asked a location of a certain saying in a certain book.
And he used such a faulty logic that I coudn't believe he was capable of writing. To top it off, he had a B.A degree and was a TEACHER in the U.K.
That was just one of many examples where I realized that somebody's school degree or the amount of knowledge is not a guarantee of their intelligence, correctness of their logic, or their wisdom.
@@edinfific2576 Try reading what I've written first.
I ace'd the online autism test, I'm sure this is no different.
Didn't you kill a whole bunch of innocent college girls?
Mario Pellegrino Jesus Christ man
Edit: at first I thought you were referencing Eliot Rodgers, implying that OP looked like him. Just realized that OP’s pic actually IS Eliot Rodgers. It’s less funny now :(
@Ringo Garvin HAHAHA well they must exist out there somewhere!
@Ringo Garvin MGTOWs made sure of that
IQ tests measure something very real, and they do a good job measuring it, too. As far as I know though, it is only weakly associated with success in life - there are too many other things that are also important.
However, from reading the comments I think people can be very good at recognizing abstract patterns but can be bad at these kinds of tests. Test taking in itself is a skill that not everyone has and isn't necessarily correlated to intelligence.
Both 23 and 25 (and likely that whole section) were operating opposite of what the question was showing. To get those answers you would have needed the "?" in the 4th slot, not the 3rd.
The question were asking if "A -> B then C -> D" but the answers were operating as if "if A -> B then C
Who needs Mensa when you can make 200 IQ plays in Fortnite
if you play fortnite you're probably under the age of 14 and not ready for an iq test anyways.
@@ChristopherGray00 Ah, the bandwagon opinion. How original.
Christopher Gray iq tests are age based lol
Not me
Why go to college when I can roll a 6 playing Snakes and Ladders?
Mensa means “dumb” in (IN MEXICO MAINLY ) Spanish... ironically
Edit: this is not hate
xD
Creí que era el único hispanoparlante que veía este canal
@@Coyote0874 Somos varios
here's another one jajaja
@@Coyote0874 jajaja no estas solo
Por cierto, creo que te he visto en otros canales
148 -152 after taking several of these tests including the one for MENSA. IQ is more of your ability to comprehend and process information rather than regurgitate information from a text book.
Thanks for sharing. Here is a definition of IQ that is the best I have personally ever heard: "IQ is what you use when you have no idea what to do". So true.
It helps thousands of people with ADHD or learning dishabilles understanding they're not stupid but just struggle paying attention.
Newton would ace this test, Shakespeare might struggle.
because he Shakes and uses a Spear instead of a pen?
@@friedchicken1 Geriatric Oldton would shake too.
No he wouldnt
Newton would regard the exercise as a foolish waste of time and go on with his computations.
Andy Warhol was proven to be below average IQ... Look at his demeanor and silly stupid pop art... Wasn't hard to believe
she seem so genuine.
Nick Hagen about as genuine as.....
Nick Hagen
You never know, she might be the blow-up doll behind the cocktail bar from Only Fools and Horses.
@@danielhaslam5179 she could be a psychopath wearing a mask 👿
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i personally think that something like this cant measure intelligence accurately. Because youre essentially trying to find an answer that has been deemed as "Right" by the people who created the test. But the way i see it when it comes to patterns and shapes there could be multiple ways of answering and it wouldnt really make it incorrect if you didnt answer the way it was intended. It also doesnt help when a person can get a score of above avg in one IQ test and a below avg in another. Its not consistent at all.
That IQ test seems very extremely one dimensional compared to the breadth of cognitive tasks that people actually carry out in life. IQ doesn't seem a fitting name; it should be called a pattern recognition test. People with a high score have aptitude at recognizing patterns, but could be dunces in other ways.
This. IQ tests are bullshit
yeah, except they arent dunces in other ways,. If you test that assumption, it turns out to be wrong, people who are good at this type of thing are good at all cognitive tests. People seem to have this innate dislike and distrust of iq tests, when they are very well supported by the evidence and are powerful predictors. IQ is general aptitude, not specific to this type of test, its just that this type of test is very easy to administer.
They could, but it is highly unlikely. These kind of IQ-tests are based on the G-factor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)
Statistical analysis shows a correlation between this kind of intelligence (spatial) and other kinds of intelligence. I.e. If you are smart in one way you are usually smart in all the others as well . Then there are outliers of course, but these people are very uncommon.
i like this really. Also there was a pshychology professor that spoke about kids with high IQ generally scored low or failed in her gymnasium classes (before she went on to dr.degree) and those who succeeded was those who had the will to power through every obstacle, even with less intelligence than "high IQ kids".
So after reading that book, and going through alooot of self scrutiny, i realised IQ isn't a good indicator to show who is gonna excel in life, it is perseverence. (the book is called grit by angela duckworth)
Well IQ tests are design to test for logical mathematical intelligence, not your social intelligence, your emotional intelligence, your physical intelligence, your creative intelligence, your artistic intelligence etc. It just so happens that the logical part is the only part we value in western society.
I took the test. I thought question 11 was about primes, so I gave the following prime in line as answer, which appeared to be wrong although it's a valid sequence. I think they should remove the only prime answer in the list of answers to remove this confusion.
I answered Q11 as 'C'. Counting the individual lines the first 3 examples were 1, 3, 5. 'C' has 7.
But her explanation checks out too so 🤷
I honestly thought that too, but for some reason my mind played a trick on me that the first box had 2 lines: That would have checked out as an alternate solution, since 2 is a prime number, but it doesn't because the first box has 1 line in it. 1 is not a prime number, so C cannot be correct. D is the only possible answer.
@@Galerak1 sameeee
@@hypercubemaster2729 If first box is 1 then it's 1,3,5 so answer is still 7...
@@gniewomircioek6845 It's actually 8. Contrary to the correction I gave myself after reading it again, I don't even know what I was on, as It appears that box 1 actually does have two line segments coming from a reference point, even though it is a solid line. The logic follows either one of two ways: 2+1=3; 3+2=5; 5+3=8, or 2+3=5; 3+5=8. Sure, you could say each picture increasing by 2 lines would give you C, but even if plausible, it appears that that was not the logic used for the problem. In any case, I think either C or D could be valid answers, which is a serious flaw in the test maker's logic set.
I’m glad this test is mostly just pattern recognition because I’m terrible at all the other IQ categories.
But you’re good at pattern recognition?
@@thegnome9529 yep
Mathematical IQ tests are B.S. I’ll tell you this now, your Mathematical reasoning is based off of knowledge and not how quickly you can learn from something. So, that being said, forms of spatial reasoning are predominant for figuring out how good you learn or pick up on things.
The problem I have with some of these tests is that there could be multiple valid patterns… which lead to different “incorrect answers.” For example at 4:20. The way I saw this problem was “it starts with 1 line, then 3 lines, then 5 lines. The pattern is +2 lines. So the next shape should have 7 lines” it leads to the wrong answer…
Same here.
You did not use the new math.
@@RobMrowiec So which one is the correct correct answer? (Quasi-rhetorical question.)
you fell into the trap. there is an obvious radiating line pattern from center which continues into all patterns. saying the first pattern has only 1 line does not account for the obvious radiating hint. we must apply this in reverse to pattern 1 once we realize this. pattern 1 becomes two lines radiating from center. then do the problem from our adjusted understanding.
Maybe I'll start with the Densa IQ test.
I understand the satirical nature of your quip.
LMAO
"Densa" is a real old joke within Mensa. To tell it again, makes you a member of Densa! ha, ha. :P
Are you referring to fat people in the mensa?
@@satrickptar6265 Only the short ones
I am usually amazed how on the 27-32 puzzles, people never see the diagonal hints. They're usually more clear and straight forward than the horizontal or vertical hints.
what did u get on the test
@@njfrnjn Seeing how you (the internet) will never believe any number I put in, I will just say I have a membership card in my wallet, and leave it there :)
@@AFAndersen bruh. that comment is filled with ego
@@Brandon-zh4ol Thanks! :D
@@AFAndersen why would they not believe you? its not like i personally would assume somebodys lying or not if id never met them
It’s kinda sad people need to measure their own intelligence to validate their self worth...
Harrison Still / Not really, I want to do a Mensa test and pass, not because it will make me feel good but because it will look damn good on my cv
I think it says a lot that so many people have such visceral reaction to the very idea of their intelligence being measured. We measure performance all the time. People measure how fast their can run, how much weight they can lift, how high they can jump, how fast they can type, how quickly they can solve a Rubik's cube. Why are people so butthurt about measuring their intelligence?
@@noxteryn you can't measure intelligence big boi, there are too many factors that need to be taken in consideration to really create a proper "intelligence" test
@@noxteryn Because they know they'll end up on the wrong end of the normal curve.
It's kinda sad how low IQ people always try to bring down IQ tests' credibility.
11:15
If you look at the vertical lines: 1 Circle, 2 square, 3 traingle
If you look at the Diagonal Lines: 1 Circle, 2 Square (So 3 triangle is expected)
If you look at the Horizontal lines we have got 1 Circle (2 square is expected), 3 triangle.
Since we do not have the triangle as an option (So it will be under the shaded area), I think the answer should be A here.
Her results r correct
The only one I missed was #11, because I saw the first image as one straight line, not two coming from a centre. So instead of 2, 3, 5, I saw 1, 3, 5 and the obvious answer was the shape with 7 lines, i.e. C. Had the diagram included a centre point I would have recognized the Fibonacci sequence and guessed D.
same
Same.
Came
if you recognized a center point for the 3 & 5, then once realized, the center point should be assumed for them all.
but it was a miss for me on that one also.
But you recognized the pattern. So you die solve it...
That brings back some fond memories for me. Years ago I actually past that test. Yeah, you see, I was at a college testing center, and I was walking down a hallway, and I saw the test sitting on a table, and I past it as I was walking by. And I never looked back!
😆🙌
Okay, first sentences got me, and then I had a good laugh. Well done!
Passed*
👏🏿
@@wowftw120 that went over your head lol
Question 11 could also be C if you interpret it as the first 4 prime numbers.
D follows the "visual" logic as well as the numeric logic though, so it's the better answer of the two. The task is to find the "most logical" picture
@@kidcoma1340 how does C not follow the visual logic? If you want to go down that path than B would become probable.
The first image has a thin line to the right which is replaced by a thick V to the right in the second image.
The third image has a thin line to the left which is replaced by a thick V to the left. A thin line down is then tacked on the bottom.
The next step would not apply a swap of a thick V for a thin line because no original thin lines exist and a thin line would then be added to the top.
You can make a logical argument for any but A, with D being amateurish at best.
if you overlap all images you will get C
@@calofiremil7863 do you understand what "continue the sequence" means?
But for example lines signify organic compound 1st pic has 2 carbon 2nd has 4 3rd has 6 so 4th should be 4th shoud have 8 carbon which is c
I'm an 80 years old dude, took an extra year to graduate H.S. at the bottom of my class. 2 years later, I scored 137 (in top 2%) when I tested against a "normal" population. But if I go to Mensa and ask to be tested against all others who are tested to get into Mensa, my test results would NOT be in the top 2%. That's because I would NOT be compared against a "normal" population. In all likelihood I would fall short because only "gifted" people want to get into Mensa. Even if I did get in, with an IQ of just 137, what would I have in common with a bunch of brainiacs? Duh...sum times I sympli AMAZE myseff !
As a child I was only learning to survive and take care of my self, I scored 78 and was put in learning disability and was the worst thing the school board could have done. Took the test 2 years ago as an adult and scored 132 I dont let it get to my ego but it was a boost in confidence.
Bro, I'm lucky that didn't happen to me. When I was a little kid I didn't care about tests, and I took an IQ test and probably performed pretty bad. Now I'm guessing I'd make atleast above a 120, but that's purely based on get 170s on online tests.
Yeah and anxiety can affect results. I know that because I do much better on IQ style questions than I used to when I had perhaps even more severe attention deficits. But I also have classic autism, which severely affects my learning intelligence and memory. Top that with the horrible chronic anxiety and you can understand what makes autism so difficult for some of us . I think someone can also have quite high fluid intelligence but without great chrystallised intelligence due to the lower memory capacity I mentioned, you're still limited. Even though my reading and writing level and comprehension were well above my peers, at an adult's level, when I was only 11. My verbal intelligence is definitely higher than my numerical intelligence as well, because I'm generally better at word puzzles than number puzzles; though my pattern recognition also seems to be pretty good.
me too, I took it at 11 got a 117 but I took it again at 14 and got a 132. I have learning disability too, I think it’s interesting when they say it doesnt change but it does for me
On the first question my brain shut down.
What lol
same
Wtf how it's literally just 2 letters to the next
@@ajsmith8587 3
Sorry your brain ran into a problem :(
Qualification for Mensa is in which percentile your score falls. Mensa accepts people in the top two percentiles of standardized IQ tests. One could have, say, a score of 130 but it puts them in the 89th percentile on that particular test, whereas on another test, 130 may put them in the 98th percentile.
I took two iq exams 132 on one, and 148 on the other. Both said I was in 98th and the other said 99th percentile. Which one is right? There's literally dozens of other iq tests out there. Do I just average the two out?
How all the stupid humans of ytb get 140 -170? something is wrong the average is 100 no 160 all the tests of internet is fake and me too can score very high in these tests( in this 33-33 in 15min)but im sure that im a little above of the average(105-115)im not Einstein definitely and nobady here!
@@davidshanley558 different iq tests work on different scales. the percentile is really what matters. my iq on a standard, 15-point standard deviation is ~~133, but that is also an iq of ~~152 on the old, 24-point standard deviation; however, they are both ~~98.5th percentile. you could say your iq is 400 if you think of the standard deviation as 100 points and the median as 200, all that matters is your z-score (and therefore, percentile)
Good point
I have taken these tests unwittingly various times. Even to qualify for a job. This is the first time I am learning how to solve it. Glad that I went with same logics for the most part atleast. It's logical thinking. Good stuff.
this seems like my kind of test no memorizing anything no needing to study or learn anything just gotta figure out what the funny shapes are doin plus its multiple choice which is perfect because I hate writing
It's interesting to see this test because I'm not very good at problem solving games. But I manage people at my job and regularly have to come up with solutions as well as manage really smart people. I don't know how important this iq test really is for me.
@@mac1bc This test is important for is people that want to put a number on their intelligence for people that wanna get the high score in the game of smarts. Its pretty useless to anyone who just wants to live their life content with being an average person, although if someone is smart people can usually tell without being told a number because smart people do smart people things. There is one person I knew who was legitimately really smart but I really wish they just had a number to go around and show people instead of trying to tell people all the stuff they knew when nobody really asked because that would've been less annoying, so all and all I think the iq test is a good thing for people that like to show off.
@@epiclolz695 why are you people all so bitter?
@@barneyy6942 Because I'm jealous my iq isn't very high
@@epiclolz695 Lol I like your explanation it made me laugh 😂 it's also very relatable =)
Ok TH-cam. I watched the video. You no longer have to have it completely taking up space in my recommended everyday.
numerical questions are like an high school math test Fibo series , squares etc. nothing to do with iq . Its just whether you took math courses or not
These aren't really numerical math questions. They test the ability to see patterns. People with high IQ are generally very good at detecting complex patterns. The first time a genius sees the Fibonacci sequence (even before being exposed to it in math) they're likely to see and understand the pattern. You would never see one of these patterns where the answer is pi, for example, because that's a test of knowledge, not ability. IQ tests try really hard not to test what you know. It is really hard to completely achieve this in a practical test, of course. People with high IQ tend to have certain abilities in common. The ability to see 3-dimensionally in your mind. Pattern seeking. Complex logic and reasoning skills. That's what the test looks for.
@@stargazer7644 yes ofc but almost all of the people who studied discrete maths and calculus in college can immediately recognize those patterns. you dont have to be a genius. Actually you are for what i have said . Tests might yield more accurate results for smart people who did not go through higher education.
But how do you explain that some kids can predict the content of more advanced textbook without actually reading it
I mean they are able to figure out the theorems on their own
@@Lcm852ablesimple they are more clever . Again in line with what i said : less educated the participators are, more accurate the test is.
@@stargazer7644 My proposition is that it's immensly benefitial for you to already have encountered puzzles - even if not similar - in the past, especially in childhood and as a teenager. After a certain age - which is probably around 26 - however it wont change much anymore. In my opinion it is greatly underestimated how environmental factors shape our brain and nervous system as a whole (neuro plasticity). Yes the genome is the base of everything, but how it is expressed greatly depends on experience and therefore learning. I do think that IQ test can messure intelligence, but i also think that this intelligence is to a not to be underestimated degree dependent on the early years of development. This can also explain the rapid increase of IQ in the west during the technological era. Besides of education, nutrition and other factors can be equaly important for the development of the brain in the early stages of a human life. We for example know quite well how a mothers affection or negligence is crutial for the development of social skills of her offspring.
At 8:52 i feel the real difficulty of the question is that the pairs aren't based on the direction of reading by the west. In those questions the relationship goes outside of pair to in rather than left to right. If the question read left to right rather than outside to in then #25 would be a vertical line rather than a horizontal one because the relationship would be undoing the far right object to produce a start point. Instead the middle line is the end point and therefore read right to left, which isn't intuitive for a reader of the english language.
To me, this is a good measure of intelligence. To be able to see patterns in the short amount of time one is given in these tests is really impressive. Further convinces me, though, that I would score quite low as I am easily confused with spatial recognition. Rather dyslexic!
Dyslexia effects shape and pattern recognition? I thought it was limited to just reading words...how wide reaching is your dyslexia?
@@EriPages dyslexia varies from person to person in severeity
No, it's not dysLEXia. You don't even know what that word means. You probably are just bad at identyfing patterns and spatial imagination. Which is in literally no way a measure of intelligence btw because that's not measurable
And you shall be called blessed among women
I’m only 5 minutes in but number 11, I also referenced lines from the center, but the pattern I saw was prime numbers. Answer could be C as well. This is a classic flaw in IQ tests, they are subjective to those who interpret the results.
I know, right?
Yeah. She modified the image for her answer - she added a dot in the image. Answer it as it is! I think C is correct
No IQ tests ever incorporate prime numbers or anything similar because that requires prior knowledge which gives well educated people an advantage and defeats the whole point of the test.
@@agoogleaccount9608 Prime numbers are a concept that one can arrive at even without prior knowledge so I'm not sure why they're "not allowed" to be incorporated.
@@agoogleaccount9608 Primes are fundamental to the structure of the natural numbers, they absolutely do not require prior knowledge, they are an obvious corollary to the existence of the natural numbers. Of course, one could say the same of all mathematics, the entire field can be logically derived from the most fundamental and obvious truths we know; virtually nothing in mathematics requires prior knowledge, it's not like biology or physics where you have to be aware of empirical data derived from the various research projects to understand the field -- all of mathematics could be derived sitting in a dark room by yourself with no access to other people or outside knowledge.
I've never taken an IQ test, but do they tell you these assumptions they made in creating the test before you take it? If not, I would think an exam in mathematics would be a better indicator of IQ because in that case the questions would be stated in formal mathematical language, which is perhaps the most clear and concise language known to man, with (presuming the test was properly put together) mathematically provable unique answers.
It is also important to realize that the squares with the diagonal lines in them are a test to see if your choice has consistency in the diagram that agrees with your deduction of what would belong in the square with the diagonal lines... in other words, they are just omitted information that you are expected to deduce.
11 should definitely be C. If you simply add the lines up, it starts with 1, then 3, then 5. C has 7. Thats a clear pattern ascending by 2.
Wrong, the first one is 2, not 1
the fact the lines are crossed, and therefore no longer viable as absolute lines, should tell you to read the pattern differently. you fell into the trap.
I tested high early in my life. Only thing it really added to my life was knowing just how remarkably little I ever really knew, and how many really interesting things there were to investigate:)
same tbh
I didn't get any iq tests but same! I really think the humility of just accepting that there is always a lot left to learn is a very healthy mindset
The curious mind will always find new things to explore. Unfortunately, the world seems to be populated with apathetic minions that simply don't care about anything but themselves...
A vast majority of people don't get to the point where you are until much later in their lives. One way of looking at IQ is mental "age" multiplier for body age. 100=1.00
@@Snarkapotamusspecially among our youth in the political left. Society managed to create an unbelievable amount of snowflake yelling narcissists. For god’s sake, they’re so stupid and unbearable. And don’t get me wrong, I’m in the same age group as them, not that grandpa who says back in his days things were much better.
i did mine when havent sleep for 2 days, they said im retarded.
I just enjoy her accent and the sound of her voice.
Mensa: An organization for intellectually gifted people who have nothing to show for all their intelligence.
other than studying this test and bragging about their own ego
This was unintentional ASMR for me. I fell asleep before the video was over. You have a very soothing voice.
english isnt my native language, what mean "ASMR" ?
As someone who speaks spanish, an IQ test called MENSA is kind hilarious
What does it mean
@@randomorange6807 means something like dunce or fool
XD, I thought the same when i read for the first time that
@@glicher6233 "Mensa" is Latin for "table" - I believe the founder envisioned Mensa as something around which people would meet. But it does mean other things in other languages.
Well, OK, no worse than advertising a car called "Nova".
I've met a few Mensa members, I had a hard time believing any of them could even tie their own shoelaces...
Many highly intelligent people lack what you would consider to be common sense. They’re still far smarter than everyone else. They live on a different plane.
@@stargazer7644 Riiiight ok.
@@competetodefeat4610 I've met a lot of Mensans. And while many of them are indeed rather eccentric, they are all quite smart. Some of them are shockingly brilliant. Thousands of them converge every year at the Annual Gathering.
Funny perhaps, but hardly reality. Unless you interact with them more deeply, you cannot tell who is just generally quite intelligent and who is a typical "qualifyee" (I made that word up) for Mensa. I've never in my life heard of any person without a physical handicap who would have problems tying their shoelaces. Has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence (above mental retardation level).
Y es. Watch jepardy. When contestants chat socially...its fumble city..
Quite often, people join Mensa for very different reasons than to showcase their IQ. What's even more: a lot of them keep their membership a secret, even to their close relations. I see Mensa as a place I can call home and talk to people with common experiences and shared emotions. There are particular similarities you can find among members more often. Even while it's a very diverse group.
Woe is me! It's so hard to relate to the plebs who are incapable of experiencing all of the emotional complexities of life on the same level as those who are perhaps a standard deviation higher than them on some standardized tests! They're too busy watching reality TV while I'm trying to solve the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem! I need a special club.
i tested my iq (not through Mensa) and got 133. do you think i would be able to join? if so what are the tangible benefits? I put this sort of thing on my résumé.