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Easiest way to "game" it is to take it multiple times or practice/cram for it.
by lhorie 6y ago
Easiest way to "game" it is to take it multiple times or practice/cram for it.
- skinkestek 6y agoAt least around here it seems people are allowed to take the Mensa test multiple times. I never took the official one but I understand a lot of effort goes into constructing test sets that doesn't benefit from cramming but (except for getting used to the format, which you can do online) only on raw "processing power". I'm not a scientists or a psychiatrist so take my word for just that: my understanding. Also I note that from what I hear on HN it seems to be that in USA IQ tests contain both spelling and history questions which - in my ears sounds like something very different from a raw IQ test.
- Symmetry 6y agoThere are lots of tests out there that all correlate with general mental ability. Some of these, like mental rotation tests, benefit a lot from practice. Some of them, like Raven's Progressive Matrices, don't. The tests used in modern IQ tests are the ones where practice don't give much benefit.