I hear people say that high IQ doesn’t mean you are automatically good at something, but what does it mean then, in terms of physical properties of the brain? And how do they translate to one’s abilities?
In: 682
IQ is a way to measure your ability to perform very specific cognitive tasks. For example, if you hear a string of eight numbers, would you be able to recite those numbers backwards? I can’t, but people who can are awarded a high “IQ”.
There are two important caveats:
1. There are many types of intelligence (spatial, emotional, musical, interpersonal, linguistic, etc.), and IQ only diagnoses a narrow subset of those intelligences.
2. More intelligence does not make you a more valuable human being.
Latest Answers