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Something about IQ which we forget is that people with exceptionally high IQ scores are not necessarily exceptionally intelligent. They are good at answering th

Something about IQ which we forget is that people with exceptionally high IQ scores are not necessarily exceptionally intelligent. They are good at answering the types of questions on IQ tests. I would agree with you that it is likely true that generally intelligent people will generally be generally better at scoring higher on IQ tests. Are there any formal studies you are aware of which compare IQ tests as a predictor of success with other intelligence tests, or just other tests?

lliamander 7y ago
> Something about IQ which we forget is that people with exceptionally high IQ scores are not necessarily exceptionally intelligent. I don't know that I "forget" that so much as I don't believe that. I mean, I acknowledge that IQ is not the same thing as intelligence, but it is a very strong proxy. You can avoid the risk people receiving unrepresentative scores by just having them take multiple IQ tests. The more different tests they take, the more their average score will converge on a particular IQ value. EDIT: > Are there any formal studies you are aware of which compare IQ tests as a predictor of success with other intelligence tests, or just other tests? Of life success, or success in a math class? I mean, I'm sure their are for both, though I don't have citations for either at the moment. WRT to life success, I do know that while in some sense it is not an especially strong predictor, it is the strongest single predictor we have (even more than the socio-economic status they were born into). The fact that even then it doesn't account form more then half the variance in life outcomes makes sense to me. Life's complicated, and many different factors play into success.