2007-06-06 15:19:47 · 14 answers · asked by Zefram 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
100 ... that's why it is called average
2007-06-06 15:22:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a major component of intelligence that is contributed by genetics. According to most psychology and biology research, when a person is born, he/she has a range of IQ that he can develop into. The environment in which he/she grows up in, the socioeconomic status, amount of education, the parent's attentiveness and caringness to the child, social experiences, the drive to achieve all effect how much the person's brain develops into its full potential. The whole concept of genetic determination of which race is smarter than the other is a completely bogus division of science that drives racism and prejudicism. Used in the wrong hands, even if the science is true, it is used malicently and in a harmful way. Yes, race differences in average IQ is contributed largely by genetics. But, there are always multiple reasons to one simple problem. Social repression, bad environments, etc., all contribute to the lower IQ's of an average black man. But if raised in the same environment and given the same chance, it has been pretty much proven that all human races end up pretty much just as smart. The brain size debate is largely inexplicit and very irrelevant, as argued by a lot of other perople who answered the question here.
2016-05-18 11:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average I.Q. is 100. The is a range of 15. This means all scores from 85 to 115 are within the average range. The number 100 is meaningless since I.Q. is just a standardized test. It is an arbitrary number and is used only because it is easy to understand. It could have been 200 or 1000, it doesn't matter. In addition I.Q. is just a number on a test. It doesn't score "intelligence" as such. Rather much of the test as to do with learned facts. More important are the scores of the subtests and how they relate. This tell you how this person copes and their flexibility in cognitive processing.
2007-06-06 17:01:02 · answer #3 · answered by Tony T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
100 - supposedly, 1/2 of the human race is above this number, and 1/2 of the human race is below it. But the number 100 today doesn't mean the same thing as it did fifty years ago.
2007-06-06 15:47:02 · answer #4 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most scales stop at about 180
the average human falls between 95-115 its a wide range but its true
2007-06-06 15:32:34 · answer #5 · answered by s3fight4freedom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 with a standard deviaiton of 15, most of the population fall between 85-115.
2007-06-06 15:27:54 · answer #6 · answered by longhornfan1722 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
From what I've seen today about 11 (among bureaucrats) but the textbook answer is 100. Good luck!
2007-06-06 15:29:21 · answer #7 · answered by Witchyluck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I remember from my teaching days , it 's 90, with 120 plus being genius level and 72 or below being mentally impaired.
2007-06-06 15:35:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's supposed to be 100 but if you walk around the streets these days you'd think it was more like 20...
2007-06-06 15:28:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
115-135
2007-06-06 15:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by kenn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋