Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site uiucdcsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!thielges From: thielges@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: 'Intelligence' tests Message-ID: <9900045@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 21:06:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.9900045 Posted: Thu Sep 27 21:06:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 06:42:38 EDT References: <331@pucc-k.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:pucc-k:-33100:uiucdcsb:9900045:000:564 Nf-From: uiucdcsb!thielges Sep 27 20:06:00 1984 Speaking of IQ tests, has anyone tried one of the 'test yourself' tests which can be found in 'know yourself' books ? I remember trying one when I was fifteen. I answered all of the questions fairly and only used the amount of time that was specified for each test section. When I added up my score, it read awefully high. I wonder if the authors intentionally made the test easier or the scoring higher just to satisfy the reader. It seems that a book which stroked the reader's ego would sell better. Anyone else have any more insight ? Bart Thielges