I once did a Stanford-Binet IQ test when I was a Psych Undergraduate.
I don't recall my score, perhaps conveniently.
However, one question I was asked was the following.
"You have two vessels, and an unlimited supply of water. The bigger vessel holds 8 units of water. The smaller vessel holds 3 units of water. Suppose you want to obtain a single unit of water. How do you go about it?"
Well, the answer, of course, is that you fill up the smaller vessel three times, each time pouring into the bigger vessel, so that, after the third pour, when the bigger vessel is full, you have a single unit left over in the smaller vessel.
However, I got nervous during the test. My mind went into anxious overdrive. I answered thus.
"Fill the bigger vessel. Pour it twice into the smaller vessel, emptying the latter each time. Now you have 2 units in the bigger vessel. Transfer these units to the emptied smaller vessel. Fill the bigger vessel again. Pour the bigger vessel into the smaller until the latter gets full. You now have 7 units in the bigger vessel. Empty the smaller vessel again. Pour the bigger vessel twice into the smaller vessel, emptying the latter each time. You now have 1 unit in the bigger vessel!"
The examiner looked at me strangely.
My question: should my answer have been scored positively or negatively as an index of IQ?
Originally posted by HurricaneConway125The MENSA test is ridiculously easy perhaps so that it can swell its own membership. I remember doing that test when I was 15 and figuring that I must have got all the answers right. If you are doing an IQ test there should always be a question or questions you cannot answer but the MENSA one lets you get 100% correct then assigns you an IQ based on your age.
I thought it would be quite interesting to pool as many of you guys' IQ as possible just to prove that collectively we chess players are probably the most intelligent board game players around! I'll get the ball rolling with my own which according to the official MENSA test is an impressive 156.
I found it somewhat ironic, at the time, that MENSA was basically ripping people off through a method that had no respect for their intelligence by telling them they were intelligent.
Originally posted by demonseed"The" MENSA test doesn't exist. They use different tests in different countries. In Norway, for example, they use a non-verbal test based on Raven matrices, which is entirely different from the example tests I have seen on the German or English MENSA sites.
The MENSA test is ridiculously easy perhaps so that it can swell its own membership.
Originally posted by JusuhYes you are correct, as you actually said:
Clearly you are remembering wrong, coz I've never said that.
Originally posted by Jusuh
"my IQ 156
I graduated high-school with average grades
I didn't get to university.
Just shows you the real value of education - none. All dipheads get in to unis and talented and bright dudes like me are left out just because we are too lazy to read for exams"
I do stand by my original advice given to you in that thread though, that education is extremely valuable.