whats an average iq for a 15 year old?
is 122 good or not?
i dont know
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2006-09-01 20:39:34 · 8 answers · asked by . 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
and my friend doesnt believe me that he's a genius for having 165 so please tell hims he's a freaking genius and to shut up before i kick him lol
2006-09-01 20:50:45 · update #1
The average for everyone is 100. It is a measure of your potential to learn, not what you do or don't know.
The standard deviation is 15. This means that 1/3 of the population has an IQ of between 100 and 115 and 1/3 has an IQ between 85 and 100. Of the remaining 1/3, 1/3 have an IQ between 115 and 130 (you) and 1/3 have an IQ between 70 and 85. This means that an IQ of 122 is in the upper 17% of the nation. So, yes, it's good.
2006-09-01 20:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by midlandsharon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By definition, an average IQ is 100 (based on the standard Binet intelligence test) but that's a percentile from the entire population.
SInce you're in school though, your 122 score should place you just a little higher than average compared to your schoolmates. Pretty good, all things considered.
Don't worry. I remember reading somewhere that the average IQ of US college students was somewhere in the neighborhood of 120 so there's a future for you at some University some day.
Btw, IQ is highly overrated and has never been proven to be a precursor of one's success or failure later in life.
2006-09-01 21:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by spindoccc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An average IQ is around 100.
Your IQ of 122 is above average!!!
2006-09-01 20:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the test -- there are several tests that claim to measure intelligence and present the result as a single number. Harvard professor Stephen J. Gould disputes that assumption in a book called "The Mismeasure of Man."
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"...the average IQ here for all states is about 100, which is slightly larger than America's 98 IQ..." (source 1, below)
"Intelligence tests come in many forms, and some tests use a single type of item or question. Most tests yield both an overall score and individual subtest scores. Regardless of design, all IQ tests attempt to measure the same general intelligence. Component tests are generally designed and selected because they are found to be predictive of later intellectual development, such as educational achievement. IQ also correlates with job performance, socioeconomic advancement, and "social pathologies". Recent work has demonstrated links between IQ and health, longevity, and functional literacy. However, IQ tests do not measure all meanings of "intelligence", such as creativity. IQ scores are relative (like placement in a race), not absolute (like the measurement of a ruler)." (source 2)
HISTORY of IQ tests:
"In 1905, the French psychologist Alfred Binet published the first modern intelligence test...
A further refinement of the Binet-Simon scale was published in 1916 by Lewis M. Terman (Stanford University) which he named the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. It formed the basis for one of the ... tests still commonly used today." (source 2)
"There are a variety of different IQ tests (e.g., Stanford-Binet, WISC-R, Raven's Progressive Matrices, Cattell Culture Fair III, Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test, and others)." (source 2)
2006-09-01 23:07:43 · answer #4 · answered by peter_lobell 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The average IQ for college students is 100, so you have a higher IQ than an average college student.
2006-09-01 20:45:57 · answer #5 · answered by Z R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hahaha. how weird. yesterday my friend told me the average IQ is around 100 - 110. so your aboveee average.
i just took the TICKLE IQ TEST online yesterday.. and i got 108.. im average. lol.
2006-09-01 20:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by julieee (: 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont worry you in the class above clever...
2006-09-01 20:43:20 · answer #7 · answered by Hector 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont have an IQ...
sorry...lol
2006-09-01 20:46:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋