Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:17AM
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> Bright kids are horrendously hard to assess, especially if they are 2xE. They have trouble giving the canned "correct" answer.
Canned correct answers are only required for knowledge questions (like your example), which IQ tests avoid since knowledge and intelligence are different things.
> Only certain tests can be used to assess IQs above 145.
Most modern IQ tests report up to 160; accuracy (as assessed by test-retest consistency) at 145+ isn't great, though, on any.
> You basically can't be accurately assessed by someone with a lower IQ.
That's baloney.
> Smart kids are routinely given hell by adults of more average intelligence who interpret their behavior as bad behavior and can't accommodate them.
Smart kids routinely are bored and engage in actual bad behavior in situations not optimized for them, but that doesn't prevent adults of adequate but non-exceptional intelligence from being able to apply intelligence tests to them and get the same results as any more intelligent adult would. IQ tests are not limited by the IQ of the test adminstrator.
Canned correct answers are only required for knowledge questions (like your example), which IQ tests avoid since knowledge and intelligence are different things.
> Only certain tests can be used to assess IQs above 145.
Most modern IQ tests report up to 160; accuracy (as assessed by test-retest consistency) at 145+ isn't great, though, on any.
> You basically can't be accurately assessed by someone with a lower IQ.
That's baloney.
> Smart kids are routinely given hell by adults of more average intelligence who interpret their behavior as bad behavior and can't accommodate them.
Smart kids routinely are bored and engage in actual bad behavior in situations not optimized for them, but that doesn't prevent adults of adequate but non-exceptional intelligence from being able to apply intelligence tests to them and get the same results as any more intelligent adult would. IQ tests are not limited by the IQ of the test adminstrator.