Can anyone suggest the best way to improve ones IQ?

Question

Hi I am 18 yrs old, guy. I have an Iq of around 130, is there a way to improve upon it? What is the best way to improve mathematicall skills?

Answer 1

Study

Answer 2

By definition there is no way to improve the IQ, which represents how good you are at solving certain standard tests. If something is beyond your skills for such tests, it is likely that it will remain that way.

Assume for a second that these tests measure intelligence (people said that in the 50s, but nowadays most psychologists agree that there are so many dimensions to "intelligence", that it would be very narrow to define it just based on an IQ test).

Now, putting things to the extreme, imagine a sheep, and you. There are quite a few things that you do, that the sheep's intelligence will never be capable of, even if you trained it for years.


Back to the tests. As I said, the theory is that you cannot improve your IQ. However in practice you can train yourself to pass IQ tests, at least a good deal of them, because if you familiarize yourself with the style of some questions, you'll be a bit faster. And being a bit faster may allow you to resolve a couple extra questions. Which will not boost your real intelligence of course, but will boost your IQ, as measured by some tests.

But since you are not the only one to attempt this, test managers actually try to adjust for it, and as a result a result that may have given you a 140 (genius) in the 1950s, may only give you 125-130 on an adjusted basis today.


Final note: you may want to think for a sec about why you want to pass IQ tests. In the hope of reaching 140 and thus have the "right" to be called a "genius"? But will this improve anything to your life? Is there a point to all this? My take is that if you're smart, you know it already and don't need a proof. And what counts in life is whether you'll be able to put your intelligence at work in a field that you enjoy.


Hope this helps

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Answer 3

IQ isn't about how much you know but rather how quickly and efficiently you can process and retain information, about how many different ways you may approach a problem, and about how big a picture you see when you look at the world.

You can brush up on math skills by studying, and you can get more information stored in your mind by studying; but from what I know its unlikely that you could do much more than add a couple of points to your existing IQ.

You can certainly study and read and increase your knowledge. That's a different thing and maybe the more important thing, but after people are grown up IQ's (again, as far as I've read) tend to be fairly well set.

Since IQ tests test a person's ability to think (rather than a person's knowledge) ordinarily a person won't score at 130 without a certain ability to use logic, without a certain level of spatial abilities, without a certain level of verbal abilities (associated also with understanding human nature and oneself) and general thinking. So, unless you have a very one-sided set of skills associated with verbal abilities chances are you are entirely capable of brushing up on any math knowledge you may not have picked up since beginning school as a child.

If, on the other hand, you have somehow managed to come up with a score of 130 without having the usual spatial and logic skills on which most IQ tests are primarily built, there could, I suppose, be the chance you have some kind of learning problem when it comes to math. I find this unlikely, though, simply because I'm familiar with what types of skills are tested on IQ tests.

It would be more important for you to understand exactly what types of skills are your strongest and which are your weakest. Its also important for you to identify what subjects you lack information on, and study up and gain the information you lack.

I don't believe it is likely that you can, say, improve your ability to be quick on spatial or logic problems; and even when it comes to the skills associated with verbal/human abilities, I don't think its likely you can do much to build on your basic ability.

Normally, the person with an IQ of 130 has at least a certain level of ability in math-related skills; so if your skills lean towards the verbal/human why not accept what is probably an above-average level of math skill as your weaker skill and move on and seek a career in the verbal/human area.

Finally, maybe have another test. They're not all accurate or legitimate. There is a chance you're more in the 120 area, which would explain any weakness with math skills you may have and your feeling that you need to improve on those. 120 is nicely above average and is generally the IQ of people who go to college (or don't), although it doesn't generally result in being a physicist.

You should do some reading (of "legitimate" reference material) on the subject of IQ's. Its interesting and informative.

Answer 4

Iq can be improved a little. A known efffect is the mozart effect if only last at most a few hours. To improve math skills is like any skill keep doing it and a iq test should not be what we judge are selves with they are subjective and if you got this iq off the internet go to a psyc. doctor and get a real test.

Answer 5

My husband never liked school much. But at an early age he LOVED to read. He'd read anything and everything he could get his hands on. He never went to college and his IQ is 172. Awesome. By reading a vast library of books he was able to self teach himself all sorts of things. Try it. Hint: get a good dictionary too.

Answer 6

the perfect IQ is between ninety and one hundred and ten./ In idea, a minimum of an IQ won't be able to be stronger. Your grade in colleges should be stronger via paying interest at school, reading and understanding the right thanks to take tests.

Answer 7

If an IQ test is accurate, you really should not be able to improve your IQ by doing anything. It doesn't measure knowledge, it measures ability.

Answer 8

go back in time, get breastfed by mommy for as long as possible, then study really hard and ace those SATs.

failing that, practice the idiotic puzzles that most IQ tests have on them. or just lie when people ask you what your IQ is.

Answer 9

The I.Q doesn't get improved.
It's a fixed number measured by scientists and differs from each and everyone of us.
It's like DNA. You can't change it.
Nevertheless you can improve your knowledge... Read...

Answer 10

head to your local university, college or junior college...brush up on all math skills, take math classes that you can learn from. practice if this then that logic problems and algebra equations, rest body, and dream often, be healthy and exercise

Take test...then gloat.