What should a persons IQ be at? Or what range should it be in?

Question

Okay so I was tested and told that it was 140... from what I am reading this is a good number... too bad I didnt know this when I was in school... I might have used that to my advantage.

Answer 1

100-111 is average, anything above that is considered high.

But keep in mind that when you are looking at IQ tests, they don't cover the full aspect of human intellect either. They don't take into account the emotional or physical bodies, which also can affect the overall perceived intelligence of a person as well.

Think about it this way. How effective will someone be who is clinically depressed and lives a totally sedentary lifestyle but who has an IQ of 140?

Answer 2

The average IQ of the population as a whole is, by definition, 100. IQs range from 0 to above 200, and among children, to above 250. However, about 50% of the population have IQs between 89 and 111, and about 80% of the population have IQs ranging between 80 and 120, with 10% lying below 80, and 10% falling above 120.
For IQs below 120, IQ is the best predictor of socioeconomic status of any psychometric measurement. In more complex jobs, IQ is better than even education or experience at predicting job performance. In her article "The General Intelligence Factor", Scientific American Presents "Exploring Intelligence", pg. 24, 1999, Linda Gottfredson states,
"Adults in the bottom 5% of the IQ distribution (below 75) are very difficult to train and are not competitive for any occupation on the basis of ability. Serious problems in training low-IQ military recruits during World War II led Congress to ban enlistment from the lowest 10% (below 80) of the population, and no civilian occupation in modern economies routinely recruits its workers from that below-80 range. Current military enlistment standards exclude any individual whose IQ is below about 85."
"Persons of average IQ (between 90 and 100) are not competitive for most professional and executive-level work but are easily trained for the bulk of jobs in the American economy. By contrast, individuals in the top 5 percent of the adult population can essentially train themselves, and few occupations are beyond their reach mentally."
"People with IQs between 75 and 90 are 88 times more likely to drop out of high school, seven times more likely to be jailed, and five times more likely as adults to live in poverty than people with IQs between 110 and 125. The 75-to-90 IQ woman is eight times more likely to become a chronic welfare recipient, and four times as likely to bear an illegitimate child than the 110-to-125-IQ woman."

In my own opinion, IQ tests should be administered before the onset of puberty. Any child that cannot achieve a basic score should be sterilized. We do not need more morons reproducing.

Answer 3

100 is average. 80% of people are between 85 and 115. Over 145 is genius ... unless it's 165, I don't remember.

Answer 4

above 90 by the time you are 18

Answer 5

as compaired to what?
Steven Hawkings to George Bush

Answer 6

anything above 100 is fine!