| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/12/2007 6:12:16 PM |
How come so many people on POF know their IQ?
Because they take those silly online tests and think the results are accurate. So much for intelligence. 
If you can get a better score on a test by studying and doing practice tests (as you can with IQ tests) I don't think that's a very good measure of how innately intelligent you are. Just because someone can solve a certain type of problem on paper, it doesn't mean they have what it takes to put that ability to practical use. And real life is the only place it's really going to count, unless there's somewhere you can get paid to take tests for a living. | |
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/12/2007 7:49:14 PM | The WAIS and SB-5 test a variety of different subsets. Practicing could help - however If you had recently been tested on a WAIS - it is likely that you would not be retested for a specific time period because the practice effect could affect your score - however, it's most unlikely that anyone would be able to locate a spare copy of the WAIS to practice with. The owners of these tests guard them like gold - obviously - or they would not be valid.
As for study - the content of the test doesn't really lend itself to study - that is why children age 2 can be tested.
The WAIS tests 14 subsets listed below...
Verbal Subtests
Information
Degree of general information acquired from culture (e.g. Who is the premier of Victoria?)
Comprehension
Ability to deal with abstract social conventions, rules and expressions (e.g. What does - Kill 2 birds with 1 stone metaphorically mean?)
Arithmetic
Concentration while manipulating mental mathematical problems (e.g. How many 45c. stamps can you buy for a dollar?)
Similarities
Abstract verbal reasoning (e.g. In what way are an apple and a pear alike?)
Vocabulary
The degree to which one has learned, been able to comprehend and verbally express vocabulary (e.g. What is a guitar?)
Digit span
attention/concentration (e.g. Digits forward: 123, Digits backward 321.)
Letter-Number Sequencing
attention and working memory (e.g. Given Q1B3J2, place the numbers in numerical order and then the letters in alphabetical order)
[edit] Performance Subtests
Picture Completion
Ability to quickly perceive visual details
Digit Symbol - Coding
Visual-motor coordination, motor and mental speed
Block Design
Spatial perception, visual abstract processing & problem solving
Matrix Reasoning
Nonverbal abstract problem solving, inductive reasoning, spatial reasoning
Picture Arrangement
Logical/sequential reasoning, social insight
Symbol Search
Visual perception, speed
Object Assembly
Visual analysis, synthesis, and construction
Optional post-tests include Digit Symbol - Incidental Learning and Digit Symbol - Free Recall. | |
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/12/2007 8:21:18 PM | Smart women are more fun. They get the jokes. They figure out the game faster, and they can keep a fellow on his toes. I won't say they feel more deeply or care more strongly, but they can express it better.
Trouble is that they usually prefer smart guys. And they are better at spotting liars.
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/13/2007 12:07:44 AM | I don't think that's a very good measure of how innately intelligent you are. Just because someone can solve a certain type of problem on paper, it doesn't mean they have what it takes to put that ability to practical use
I agree that IQ is partly BS. There is some science behind it, which I do not argue with (correlation with other tests--so, at least the probability is that your IQ score will have some predictive power if it's accurate). But I disagree a little bit that being able to solve something on paper is different than putting it to use somewhere else. Of course, you can put it to use. Your brain is not operating any differently because you are not taking the test (there can be exceptions to that). There can be obstacles to putting it to practical use (unable to manage stress, lack of persistence, laziness, low emotional intelligence), but they can probably be overcome, and are not really what we normally call intelligence.
My problem with IQ is that it measures "general" intelligence, and that is not everything by a long shot. Some people can gave extraordinary abilities, and even genius that are more specialized abilites. Also, people tend to assume that intelligence has to do with beefy neural machinery, when I attribute so much of my success to how I use my brain, rather than my brain itself. I don't have an exceptional memory. The way I use my memory is exceptional. I don't have an exceptional ability to understand concepts (except for the practice I've gotten). The way I approach trying to make sense of those concepts is exceptional. Along with a good brain to start with and a lot of practice. | |
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/13/2007 1:15:31 PM | | Well, getting back to the subject at hand, "Dating Someone With A High IQ", I'd have to say it is refreshingly nice to date a smart person ,b/c per the statistics quoted above those with high IQ's are rare. | |
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/13/2007 6:54:39 PM |
How come so many people on POF know their IQ? Because they take those silly online tests and think the results are accurate. So much for intelligence.
The military told me mine after I took their IQ test in 1971.
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Posted: 8/15/2007 3:40:40 AM | ok about how one arrives at how accurate an IQ test is.....does it really matter anyways what any "test" tellls u or doesnt tell u about a person's intellect? I think & i 've read a few postings in here and i have a few responses. 
My response to those that makes the most sense to me is.......bravo, u got it !! Its all in how u use your brain and stimuli that you were blessed enuff to have in your environment. LIFE ITSELF and how u respond to it is the truest and ultimate test of all. The results are undeniable and speak loud and clearly . Do they not????
As for those who say those of us who have received results from various tests on our IQ well, I for one am definitely not in fairyland!!! I remember taking those test in school as a kid and never "practicing" or studying b4hand for them.And I take offense slightly to you who've stated that in general towards those of us who happpened to get results or info reguarding our results at one time or another in our lives(which i got passed onto me in private by someone who saw my results not me!!). hmff! Have u ever received a low score?? lol or maybe never have beeen tested except by life itself as we all have ,
NEWSFLASH FOR THE LET'S SAY "IGNORANT"............
 fyi there's no escaping that test!! fyi ......AS LONG AS U ARE ALIVE N" KICKIN!!
............NEED I say more ?? And as far as dating someone with high IQ. I don't look at that factor when dating someone ....but if it happens that he has one great. Just as long as he has an IQ and we are COMPATIBLE is wonderful. So there u have it from
"the TL" ......
Anything to say against what i've said now???
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Posted: 8/15/2007 6:22:45 AM | | IQ doesnt tell you anything about a person's personality now does it? Ted Bundy was a lawyer who had a high IQ, would you date a serial killer lawyer with a high IQ? LOL--What is in your heart and your actions speak louder than any IQ-- | |
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/15/2007 6:38:56 AM | GE&H,
Very funny response. I caught the error too and was hoping someone would address it. Very cute and I loved the Welcome Back Kotter reference.
BTW, I have a high IQ (so what!) and I have common sense, and a great sense of humor. You would be surprised by the number of us out there in the real world functioning like "normal" people. People are people - color, intelligence, nationality, eye color, right-handed or left-handed, none of that is as important as how we feel when we are with someone. Now it's my turn for a quote...see if any of you brainiacs can name the literary work.
“Should I put this speck down?…” Horton though with alarm.
“If I do, these small persons may come to great harm.
I can’t put it down. And I won’t! After all
A person’s a person. No matter how small.”
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Posted: 8/15/2007 6:45:18 AM | [Bundy was a lawyer who had a high IQ, would you date a serial killer lawyer with a high IQ?]
Guess what, Ted Bundy was receiving tons of letters daily, women were changing their hair to fit his victims profile… 
Did I answer your question?
(I know, I know it was a rhetoric one ) | |
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| Dating Someone With A High IQ
Posted: 8/15/2007 6:59:31 AM |
How come so many people on POF know their IQ?
The military told me mine after I took their IQ test in 1971.
That makes sense.
And I take offense slightly to you who've stated that in general towards those of us who happpened to get results or info reguarding our results at one time or another in our lives(which i got passed onto me in private by someone who saw my results not me!!). hmff! Have u ever received a low score?? lol or maybe never have beeen tested except by life itself as we all have ,
NEWSFLASH FOR THE LET'S SAY "IGNORANT"............ fyi there's no escaping that test!! fyi ......AS LONG AS U ARE ALIVE N" KICKIN!!
Hmm. I concede my ignorance about what my IQ score is. I know the results were never shared from the school tests. Just wondered how so many people knew their IQs. I don't quite get the "no escaping it" reference. I don't see how it's affected my life in any way, whether my result was high, low or average (which I assume it was). | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 7:04:14 AM | | I dont think a person with a high IQ is any different than the rest of us (supposed norms)...BALANCE ...Having a high IQ doesnt really mean much, to me....Ive the most intelligent people who lack common sense...I have a little higher IQ than the norm, and find woman with high IQs to be very stimulating to speak with, however; same goes for the woman with normal and low IQs...Again find someone who is balanced.. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 7:25:40 AM | I would like to think I am smart. I have taken IQ tests and know that I am above average. The trouble with dating people who have significantly lower abilities is that I tend to come across as an idiot when I make remarks that others don't understand. Example, camping. The men were displaying "Alpha Male" syndrome and when asked where one of them was, I said "hunting and gathering" I think. Only one other person actually "got" the comment. The rest wanted to know what they were hunting. Sigh. My humour tends to lean on the witty side but will come across as "stupid" to people who don't understand.
So give me a smart man anyday. High IQ, doesn't really matter, but well-read and able to talk about a plethora of subjects and the ability to do it with humour, so very sexy. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 8:07:46 AM | | OK I suggest you never judge anyone by their IQ. Not all people are the same and yes common sense is also a measurement of how intelligent someone is or is not. Here in the south we use grammar that a lot of ya ;) would consider from the sticks. Does than mean we are dumb or something? Not everyone knows what love is suppose to be like in a relationship. Honestly some people don't have a clue, yes I have been there. Love is from the heart and not the mind. Yes physical attraction is usually a starting point in a relationship. A relationship based on physical attraction alone is doomed from the start. The foundation for any lasting relationship is Love, Trust, Honesty. Ya don't have to have a high IQ to meet these requirements. A very intelligent person can be just as honest and loving as a dumb one. Do ya all have a clue to what LOVE really is? The feelings from the heart that can be overwhelming. When we have our arms around the one we love we never want to let go. We always want to show them how much we care and in their heart they never have a doubt. Love is not to be played with. Love is not a game. True Love can not be turned on and off like a light switch. True Love can conquer all. No obstacle is too large for True Love to overcome. Love is a gift from God and the foundation for a relationship. So please don't judge anyone by how smart or how dumb they may seem to be. One may be very intelligent in judgement and logic and not have a clue to what makes or breaks a relationship. One may be dumb in their ability to understand complicated tasks and yet be a genius when it comes to Love in a relationship. And then yes the tables could be turned. One maybe dumb in all aspects of life and love, Or one maybe a genius in all aspects of life and love. To bring this down to a simple understanding, judge everyone by their expressions of what is important to them in love and a relationship. Love is from the heart and soul and not just a brainy thingy lol Ahhh yes i'm chasing my dream of the fairytale everlasting love. And yes a member of Mensa, IQ 158. LOL ya know I could have used proper grammar lol and spelling but then I wouldn't be a Tennessee hillbilly Yelp another Jethro Bodine Ya all take care | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 9:02:32 AM | OMG i read this and it cracked me up.
i had dated someone who stated they had a high IQ , that girl was dumb as a woodenspood. played trivia with her. my little girl woulda beaten her..so ok trivia dont mean nuthin right? i asked her one time if she liked pasta.she said she didnt eat seafood? omg then there was the time she was looking at geese and told me it was a swan!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok maybe some people in iraq havent seen a swan b4 but gawd lord jeesus a canadian born and raised? and she was in a gov t job ya think shed know some common knowledge ffs gawd who told her what and when? geesh | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 9:23:49 AM | | I agree with most of these opinions. When you stop and do the "high IQ" math, we spend a lot more time in a relationship sharing and talking about experiences than we do between the sheets. I wouldn't insist on a genius level IQ nor refuse to date someone that had one. But, spending your days and nights with someone that can participate in intelligent conversation on a variety of subjects is an important quality to nurture respect. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 2:57:56 PM | Bravo Duckling!!! You said it all!
I will never know everything.. you will never know everything..we can only enjoy our time together. I view life as one long conversation.. with benefits...
Depends on the Person with the High Intelligence Quotient... that's the person I'd be dating. Not the "IQ" Test.
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Posted: 8/15/2007 3:13:21 PM | A high IQ isnt an indication of good sense and most of the Mensa members are one or two points over the edge and spin their lives around the genius IQ... Some have the personality of a dialtone... no common sense or manners... The high (very high) IQ members I met were dull and boring... all they wanted to do is test each other with word/math games... it was like that is all they had going for them and bragged about it. A person with a photographic memory can actually do better than high IQs on the tests and games...and what good does it really do someone in a relationship?
It is a snore... to hear how smart someone thinks they are... my IQ is blah blah blah... well unless you are discovering the cure for cancer or making billons off the market,, it really doesnt mean a thing...
JMO
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Posted: 8/15/2007 3:19:01 PM | Thems womens who do that learning with them words in them books and stuff kinda sorta always makes me feels like I should do some that book learning too.
Actually, intelligence is a major turn-on 
It's not a higher IQ one need worry about, it's the holier-than-thou attitude that often accompanies it. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 5:25:03 PM | Hey fuzzy therapy your kinda cute....wanna go catch a nice quite corner in the library?
Lol... | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 5:26:55 PM | Oh my, I forgot to stick to the subject....oh yeah...high IQ's are great
(fuzzy therapy your still cute hun...lol ) | |
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Posted: 8/15/2007 5:30:49 PM | FuzzyTherapy is right: I dated a super-smart woman who is a scientist at a major university. It wasn't so much that her work was very technical or that she used big words in her papers (like "attenuate"), but she had a great sense of humor and her mind was always active and made interesting comments.
Brains are sexy. Damned sexy. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2007 3:07:12 AM | Yes
as someone who (according to IQ tests) has one herself, I do find guys with a high IQ keep my interest longer - however they can also be arrogrant, sarcastic, and annoying as hell at times (hang on, that might also describe me....) | |
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Posted: 8/16/2007 3:08:32 AM | | PS Im not referring to those 'stupid online' tests, though the questions in them seem to be pretty much the same as the official ones, moving shapes, looking for a pattern etc. | |
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