What is my IQ, or Intelligence Quotient?
The term “IQ” stands for “Intelligence Quotient”, and, as such, refers to a numerical score arrived at as the outcome results of one of a number of tests designed to measure a person’s overall intelligence. Intelligence is a tricky and elusive topic. Intelligence, by definition, refers to an innate ability or capacity to use one’s brain to solve problems, to reason, to imagine, to conceptualize, to learn, to use language, and more. In addition, intelligence definitions sometimes include references to a person’s character, personality, general wisdom, and other similar traits. Measuring one’s intelligence is even more tricky, since few tests, no matter how comprehensive and wide-spectrum they might be, can effectively and accurately measure true capacity of an individual brain as relating to one’s overall intelligence. The IQ (Intelligence Quotient) standard for describing one’s level of intelligence was developed by a German psychologist (William Stern) in the early 1900’s, to serve as
