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You would not give an IQ test that involved reading to some one that could not read.
"The term IQ, or Intelligence Quotient, generally describes a score on a test that rates the subject's cognitive ability as compared to the general population. IQ tests use a standardized scale with 100 as the median score. On most tests, a score between 90 and 110, or the median plus or minus 10, indicates average intelligence. "
"What is this cognitive ability being measured? Simply put, IQ tests are designed to measure your general ability to solve problems and understand concepts. This includes reasoning ability, problem-solving ability, ability to perceive relationships between things and ability to store and retrieve information. IQ tests measure this general intellectual ability in a number of different ways. They may test:
spatial ability: the ability to visualize manipulation of shapes
mathematical ability: the ability to solve problems and use logic
language ability: This could include the ability to complete sentences or recognize words when letters have been rearranged or removed.
memory ability: the ability to recall things presented either visually or aurally"
So your IQ score is relatively stable, no matter what education you acquire. This does not mean that you can't increase your intelligence. IQ tests are only one imperfect method of measuring certain aspects of intellectual ability. A lot of critics point out that IQ tests don't measure creativity, social skills, wisdom, acquired abilities or a host of other things we consider to be aspects of intelligence. The value of IQ tests is that they measure general cognitive ability, which has been proven to be a fairly accurate indicator of intellectual potential. There is a high positive correlation between IQ and success in school and the work place, but there are
many, many cases where IQ and success do not coincide."
HowStuffWorks "What constitutes a person's IQ?"
Have you ever taken an IQ test? most of them have flawed reasoning.
A problem is presented without any indication of what the hell is the person supposed to do. Thats why studying IQ tests or someone who makes IQ tests is NOT ALLOWED to take IQ tests.
A basic problem will show a series of images and ask you what should be the following image. But any computer analysis will tell you that there could be many different patterns and multiple right answers.
It is like asking a question
What does not belong?
Spoon
Fork
Knife
Spear
Now there are multiple answers to this question, it could be Spear because Spear is not a utensil. It could be Fork because Every other words has 5 letters. It could be Fork again because every other words has 2 vowels etc.... My point is that any person can have different way of reasoning
The person that wrote the IQ test could probably score higher than any so called genius.