RE: Higher IQ
June 13, 2016 at 5:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 13, 2016 at 5:04 pm by drfuzzy.
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(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: As some of you may have noticed I've had other threads talking about intelligence, the malleability of it etc because I am geniunely interested in it, I'd prefer not have any comments about how I shouldn't worry about this, how I should think less about this and do my best etc. This thread is not because I want to compare myself. I'm simply interested in how brains work differently, what are the signs, in what way they are different etc.
Now to the question; are there any members here with an or any members who know someone with a higher IQ of >120? If so:
1) How did you fare academically?
2) How fast did you learn a new concept?
3) Did you have to study much outside of school?
4) What was difficult for you to learn and what wasn't?
5) How did it feel being around people that had it a bit more difficult to learn new concepts, remember things, solve problems etc
6) When you solve a problem in let's say mathematics (you can use another example) what is your approach and thought process when solving it?
7) How was your experience when learning a new language? Did it come to you easily?
Personally I believe someone with a higher IQ has a much better and much more efficient thought process combined with a more powerful subconscious (pattern recognition, memory and such is very important too).
Yeah, ok, I'll add my 2 cents worth. Though I would like to preface this with the comment that my brother (who is quite brilliant) claims that my IQ has a floating decimal point. You know, it clicks one number left occasionally . . . then clicks back after I have created inspired chaos. But sure . . . we were both tested in grade school, and again in middle school . . . skipped grades . . . off 'n' on Mensa members.
1) How did you fare academically? I have two Master's degrees and a Doctorate.
2) How fast did you learn a new concept? Usually very quickly.
3) Did you have to study much outside of school? Almost never.
4) What was difficult for you to learn and what wasn't? I hated Political Science and Algebra.
5) How did it feel being around people that had it a bit more difficult to learn new concepts, remember things, solve problems etc - - Hmm. Not a problem. UNLESS you have tried teaching them something 15 different ways and it still isn't getting through. Then I get a little frustrated.
6) When you solve a problem in let's say mathematics (you can use another example) what is your approach and thought process when solving it? -- ??? -- approach? Varies, depending upon the problem. And I'm not terribly fond of math. I did the work, that's all.
7) How was your experience when learning a new language? Did it come to you easily? -- Well, I don't think that my classes in French, German, and Spanish were all that good. We had a lot of written work and memorization and almost no conversation practice. So I can still read quite a bit but I'm not fluent in any of 'em.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein