Is your iq important to you?
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For bragging rights, yes.  Honestly, there are more important things to worry about.  Besides, it's not how smart you are, it's how you utilize it.
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Following up on the first answer, EQ and IQ are two different ways to measure a persons ability to function, how well they might perform in life and in their careers.\n\nVery smart people with very high IQ's can have very low EQs.  Einstein was one such as example.  He was barely able to function on a day to day basis and flunked basic math.  EQ refers to the common sense and social skills people need to survive day to day events and simply living in a social world.\n\nReally, neither EQ or IQ truely means much because people may not maximize what they have.. and what good is potential if you are not using it anyway?  \n\nOn the other hand, if you will take a fictious example "Forest Gump" represents the man who accomplishes much without a really good reason except he does the right thing at the right time... that is, he has good common sense.
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Hi Cameroon,\nAs a teenager(I'm almost out of it)with an IQ of almost 153 I advice u the best way to increase ur IQ is ur habit of reading from an young age(about 8 yrs).Brain is one of those things that develops on usage.Intelligent gaming(4 eg:GT-vice city),brain exercises like meditation and ur thought processes themselves are shown to affect ur IQ in a +ve way.\nBye
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The most significant thing you can do to improve your knowledge is read, read, read.  Many people believe that IQ itself is not something that can be changed, but you can learn to be better at the things you do by practicing, taking extra lessons and courses, asking for help or explanations, reading about the specific topics, etc.
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Not necessarily.\nIntelligence is like mental muscle.  Intelligence means you can solve problems more quickly.  Likewise, just because you are good at running does not mean you will become an athlete.\nJust because you have it doesn't mean society will grant you more responsibility.  \nYou need to combine intelligence with other attributes.\n\nIntelligence needs to be combined with other qualities such as wisdom, empathy, instinct, direction, assertiveness and bravery to enable a person to achieve a responsible position in society.\n\nEqually, just because you are more intelligent doesn't mean you will behave more responsibly.  There are countless examples of irresponsible intelligent people.\nhope this helps!
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If a group of reasonably intelligent people were allowed to take an IQ test "as a group", that is pooling their communal information, letting certain people do certain parts of the test, consulting with each other for best answers, and so forth, I would imagine that the group's IQ would always be substantially higher, unless the cooperation factor was low and they argued and failed to complete questions in a timely manner.
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What may be difficult for you may not necessarily be difficult for another individual.It all begins with your intelligance.Some have more than others.
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IQ stands for "Intelligence Quotient".\n\nIt is the quotient of your intellectual age, divided by your chronological age - and then the result multiplied by 100 to eliminate any fractions.\n\nSo, if you are 7 years old, but are intellectually as smart as a 14 year old (14/7 = 2) then your IQ is 200.
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IQ is something that measures our "intelligence" (it stands for "intelligence quotient") and a lot of it is down to your innate ability to process and retain information, work out complex problems etc. However, there are things you can do to stimulate your mind which may in turn help to improve your IQ score. \n\nRead! Yes, this is first because in order to improve your IQ you must read. But before you reach out for that worn-out paperback (a story you've read a million times) read a new book, a different book...a book from a completely different genre than what you're used to. You usually read mystery? Good, now go ahead and read some comedy. Only fiction? Go grab a biography. Read everything and anything (this includes articles, etc...). \n\nTry writing with your opposite hand. Some people claim that if you write with your opposite hand then your IQ goes up, because your brain is not used to writing with that other hand and is forced to work harder. However, if you're ambidextrous, that's great.. try writing with both hands at once, and try writing different things with different hands at once. \n\nWrite out long letters. Thinking about emailing your aunt that thank you letter? Forget it, write it out by hand. \n\nPlay video games. However, don't play that game you're always playing. Try a new game, something you've never played before. It will stimulate your mind and help you to think differently. \n\nWork on cryptology. This is when a message is written in codes and you try to figure it out...it's hard, but after a while it's fun. \n\nCrosswords and Sudoku..basically anything that stimulates the mind and that completely frustrates you because you just can't get it.
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No, what is important is increasing your knowledge, learning new things from books, life, and relationships with all people you meet.  It is important to be nice to people and treat them the way that you would want to be treated.  Good luck to you!
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I don't know that it is always healthy for a person to know their own IQ I wouldn't think the effects would always be positive ones...but I have herad MANY different variations on the nubers thing...I once heard a girl in a gas station say she had an IQ of 335 and coulnd't get a job anywhere in town!! IMAGINE THAT!!
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IQ tests vary within a range, generally- I have scored anywhere from 160-172, but I dont think it's a very broad measure of intelligence.  It would be equivalent to measuring high jump and sprint speed as a way to guage athletic ability in basketball.  It is related to intelligence, and perhaps gives a measure of potential, but isnt the thing itself.  I beleive that social intelligence, the ability to understand others, communicate your ideas and feelings, and achieve social goals are a better measure of the most important kinds of intelligence-and these are not measured in an IQ test.  The second most important ability I would rate would be judgement and long-term planning, also not measured in IQ tests.  There are a number of disorders, including FAS, in which the person's measurable IQ seems to be little effected, but they have very poor judgement and social connection.  If IQ were that important, then the mose successful, powerful, and joyful people would be those with the highest IQs, and studies have shown that these people generally fall in the range of 120-140.
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IQ is only a measure of the capacity to solve problems. Knowledge is how much one knows.  IQ can be coupled with Knowledge to show understanding.  Kids do not have the knowledge that their teachers do.
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IQ tests are a bunch of crap and don't reflect in any way how successful someone will be, whether they will be a good lover or parent, or whether you will acheive a certain level of education.  It is interesting though that most serial killers have a high IQ.  I think the biggest thing to come from a high IQ is over thinking and superiority issues.
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100 is middle of the road (IQ's are rated 0 to 200). However, in my experience, most Americans have an IQ around 6, so you're doing quite well.
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IQ and the GPA is a indicator of your ability to solve well defined problems, if you focus all your attention there you will not be as able to solve "real" problems, problems that don't have easy answers.
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IQ tests are only one way of addressing intelligence, the problem with using such a test with ADD/ADHD sufferers would be getting them to concentrate on the test long enough to get an accurate result, so yes. As a measure of intellect it would be inappropriate for ADD due to this.\n\nIQ tests are only guides anyway and not an accurate measure of intellectual ability - Einstein scored very low on IQ tests.