Comments by "Christian Baune" (@programaths) on "I Took an IQ Test to Find Out What it Actually Measures" video.

So, I am. I proctored uneducated people who scored very well. One guy flunked the math part, because they didn't knew what √³ meant (and it cant be explained during the test). At the end of the test he tought he was low IQ because he couldn't complete the first series. When asked the other parts, he said that those were quite obvious. You just had to look and the correct answer was easy. As we discussed, I understood he thought it was just a test of speed with different visuals. I had candidates who were engineers and raced the first section, then were stumped past the few trial items. So, scores seemed quite detached from education beside for the first series. And it happens that the first series is not that important. It was added for completeness allowing a bit more of variability. The training effect is limited to your actual potential. People who get a boost from training are people who gained confidence. On top of that, training can be impeeding. One famous example is the diagonal trick for RAPM. Except it can fail and some items test for that! Top IQ is biological. As an example, symbol chasing required good eye-hand coordination and this is regulated biologically by the amount of myelin you have. That amount is more or less fixed. It's also why fMRI could be used in the future instead of IQ tests!! Now, your IQ can be lessened if you don't do sport, don't eat properly, are very anxious, are tired... But education does only a little. Biology > Context > Education.
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@leftyeh6495 What is the name of the test?
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@PanglossDr You can do the test without becoming a member. It's a cheap alternative. Now, the drawback is that you only get an IQ figure and percentile. With an FSIQ test, you get more about your cognitive profile and some dys can be detected by the psychologist. So, it's a bit more than just intelligence. Some people (me), do both. Mensa test, because it's cheap, then FSIQ. And it's nothing like online tests. In online IQ test, everyone does 155 SD 15^^
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@ChristianHuygens1 Exact, you can't really train for a Mensa test. All you can train is your confidence and getting used to taking tests. There is a biological factor affecting processing speed and also your working memory. Those speaking about "shortcuts" you can learn speak about test using RPM like items. And the shortcuts are only learnable for one specific subset of items which are not numerous in WAIS for instance. The "shortcut" is to look at diagonals: ❤🎉😂 🎉😂❤ 😂❤? But here is an example: 👈🏿👆👉🏻 👆🏻👉🏿👇 👉🏿👇🏻? a) 👈 b) 👆 c) 👇 d) 👉🏿 Some people would pick wrong because of training.
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@ale895 WAIS test your ability to communicate. You can get half a standard deviation with extensive training when you remove anxiety and stress factors, So that's about 4 points. Also, you are more prone to improve the closer you are to the mean. That's because 1IQ point hasn't the same worth everywhere. Care to explain your answer?
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@jarlnieminen4307 How does «Strike all p followed by a q» does test either logic and retention? pqpbddppdqbdpqqqddqpbdqqm. Block design, symbol chasing, verbal fluency & analogy, story reordering... I think everyone should have to take an IQ test at some point.
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