I was just wondering if it were possible to raise your IQ score, and if anyone has ever done it.
2007-01-05 04:28:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think reading this question just lowered mine.
Burn! Haha. Lol. Yes, Im sure it is possible by working out your brain everyday with puzzles and facts.
2007-01-05 04:31:14 · answer #1 · answered by hey2a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. Your IQ is an intelligence test. You can take it at age 17 and you can take it at age 35. The results will be virtually identical. The IQ test measures your ability to comprehend and reason. Those don't change. They may fluctuate slightly, but they won't go from an IQ of 112 one day to an IQ of 145 the next time.
The poster who mentioned a score variance from one year to the next is right. There are outside factors that may affect your performance on a test. But that does NOT change your IQ.
2007-01-05 04:31:57 · answer #2 · answered by kja63 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
IQ test performance can be changed by a number of factors, having a clear mind, eating properly, getting enough sleep.
I took an IQ test one year and scored 13 points higher than when I took a similar test a year later.
For people that erroneously believe that your IQ increases with education and age, IQ stands for intelligence quotient. It is a quotient because the score is standardized by your age. Yes, a 3 year old can have a higher IQ than you, but that certainly does not mean he knows more than you. It just means that on a test of cognitive skills he scored better when compared to other 3 year olds than you did compared to people your own age.
2007-01-05 04:31:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mr 51 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OMG - of course you can raise your IQ ... do you think a baby is no more intelligent after growing 10, 15, 20 years? What is the cut-off age of intelligence gained then if you can't raise it?! :o) It's quite comical that people think you can't raise your intelligence ... I took an IQ test and scored 127. I took some self-help courses and a few months later took another test and it was 132. Then after more courses, my IQ was 134 - different IQ tests too! So, what IS true is that "you never stop learning" and "you're never too old to learn something new" so keep striving to raise that intelligence quotient and ignore the psycho-babble that you're just an animal and "can't"!
2007-01-05 05:07:59 · answer #4 · answered by somthgspcl 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, it is recognized by most professionals in the field that your IQ can be raised (or can fall) as much as 15% of it's original value in your lifetime.
So if you're 'IQ' is 130 you could test as high as 150 with rigerous training and preparation, and as low as 110 if you neglect brain activities and go into the test in poor conditions.
2007-01-06 03:14:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did an IQ test some time ago and I had an 115 IQ,after 2 weeks I did the test again and I had an 118 IQ.
2007-01-05 04:37:55 · answer #6 · answered by black_cat 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
IQ is based on things that you don't need to study for, just practical solutions. if you took several IQ tests, the scores could definitely fluctuate, but if you took the average of them, odds are they will average out to what you should score.
2007-01-05 04:31:23 · answer #7 · answered by Sgt. Pepper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm going to continually undergo in ideas what my instructor continually instructed me in intense college. The ideas is variety of a muscle. The extra you utilize it, the extra suitable it gets. and that i've got chanced on thats genuine the stressful way. i grew to become into continually lazy around in school, and as quickly as I have been given to varsity I had an extremely time adapting. It took me merely approximately a million 3 hundred and sixty 5 days just to stabilize my grades. yet now that I surely have i've got faith very gentle. you won't be in a position to advance your IQ over night, yet you could by way of stressful paintings and via utilising your head(plenty). I have been given my IQ from 112 in intense college to 121 now in college 2d 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. That being reported, I continually chanced on IQs to be a gaggle of crap. they do no longer think approximately many intelligence factors. Like say musical genius, or say fool savants. So do no longer concentration plenty on IQs up on your grades or notwithstanding you want to be stable at.
2016-10-06 11:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are a lot of factors that can affect your performance in the test...
try taking an iq test after getting dumped by ur girl/boyfriend...
you cant do well when your mind is not clear... or lacking sleep
2007-01-05 04:39:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, its quite easy. Do mind exercises every day and you should do much better on the standardized IQ tests.
2007-01-05 04:30:18 · answer #10 · answered by Joseph A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋