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Re:Schooling in adolescence raises IQ scores (2011) [pdf] by reitanqild on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @05:55PM (#13180489)
Around here those tests seems to be careful to avoid maths, memory etc and only try to test your ability to recognize patterns or find missing solutions.
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Re:Schooling in adolescence raises IQ scores (2011) [pdf] by lainon on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:42PM (#13182196)
>Around here those tests seems to be careful to avoid maths

I was required to do mental calculation during the WAIS-IV I did.

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Re:Schooling in adolescence raises IQ scores (2011) [pdf] by gohrt on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @11:30PM (#13182422)
So you practice patterns to raise your score.
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Re:Schooling in adolescence raises IQ scores (2011) [pdf] by reitanqild on Thursday December 15, 2016 @02:15AM (#13183016)
No, not really. Never felt I had time.

I also think they try to introduce elements that makes it hard to prepare for the test.

That said if someone has never taken one of these then getting used to how the test works and doing a sample test could help them get a better score right away.

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