INTELLIGENCE is an ability to understand. Various tests have been developed to examine one’s intelligence. The score obtained by a person in such tests is termed as QUOTIENT. Thus we can say that an ‘IQ TEST’ is designed to measure the ‘INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT of those undergoing it.
DOES EDUCATION, AGE, EXPERIENCE OR HERIDITY AFFECT IQ?
Education:
It is said that, the more educated you are, the higher IQ you have. This may not always be true. Education helps one to gain knowledge in certain specified fields which he/she chooses to study. As for example: English, science, geography, etc. In this regard one can become a genius in answering questions of a related field. However if he is posed with a much simpler question relating to common sense, he may find himself in a fix. As for example: If a room contained many stockings thrown at random and the stockings were of three different colors, what is the least number of stockings one would have to collect to be sure of getting a matching pair? Such a question would require more of common sense than education. Thus it is evident that if a person is educated it by no means implies that he has common sense or a higher IQ.
Age
According to many, intelligence increases with age. It is however foolish to believe that an older person has a higher IQ than a younger person. Obviously people who are older have a greater knowledge of the events which they have seen being present at that time compared to those who were not even born at the time of happening of a certain event. It is obvious that a person who has witnessed certain historical event or at least was present during that era is likely to remember the event better than a person who has mugged it up from his history book. Thus it can be said that a person can gain experience with age and use it to draw logical conclusions.
Experience
An experienced person is likely to solve various puzzles and quizzes more quickly than a person who has never encountered such questions ever in his life. This is because an experienced person has answered such questions so many times that he has now become a genius at it. Thus we can say that the more diversified the experience, the greater will be the ability to understand.
Heredity
Heredity and environment have an extensive effect on IQ. If a child is born to intelligent parents, it is very likely that it will be highly intelligent, provided that it is brought up in an intellectual environment. If the child is brought up in an intellectual environment then its intelligence will be nurtured and improved. On the other hand if it is brought up in an adverse environment then it might loose its intelligence.
Thus ‘INTELLIGENCE’ is the ability to reason in a logical and rational way and, from that reasoning to gain understanding. So taking up an IQ TEST at would be a good idea to find out your IQ score.
