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    IQ scores measure general intellectual ability, with average being 100. Lewis Terman originally proposed the IQ scale in 1916, where scores from 70-79 indicate borderline deficiency and under 70 indicates definite feeble-mindedness. The normal distribution applies to IQ scores, with 50% falling between 90-110, 70% between 85-115, and 95% between 70-130. Genius IQ begins around 140-145, representing about 0.25% of the population.

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    IQ scores measure general intellectual ability, with average being 100. Lewis Terman originally proposed the IQ scale in 1916, where scores from 70-79 indicate borderline deficiency and under 70 indicates definite feeble-mindedness. The normal distribution applies to IQ scores, with 50% falling between 90-110, 70% between 85-115, and 95% between 70-130. Genius IQ begins around 140-145, representing about 0.25% of the population.

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    IQ scores measure general intellectual ability, with average being 100. Lewis Terman originally proposed the IQ scale in 1916, where scores from 70-79 indicate borderline deficiency and under 70 indicates definite feeble-mindedness. The normal distribution applies to IQ scores, with 50% falling between 90-110, 70% between 85-115, and 95% between 70-130. Genius IQ begins around 140-145, representing about 0.25% of the population.

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    Summary: Understanding IQ
    To understand IQ (Intelligence Quotient), you should first have an idea
    about what intelligence is - read various definitions.

    IQ scores reflect general capacity for performing intellectual tasks,


    such as solving verbal and mathematical problems.

    The average IQ score is 100. The standard deviation of IQ scores is


    15. So, this means:

    • 50% of people have IQ scores between 90 and 110


    • 2.5% of people are very superior in intelligence (over
    130)
    • 2.5% of people are mentally deficient / impaired /
    retarded (under 70)
    • 0.5% of people are near genius or genius (over 140)

    IQ Scores & Ratings


    What is a good IQ score? What is a high IQ score? What is a low IQ
    score? These are common questions, particularly after someone finds
    out their score from an IQ test.
    Lewis Terman (1916) developed the original notion of IQ and proposed
    this scale for classifying IQ scores:

    Over 140 - Genius or near genius

    120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence

    110 - 119 - Superior intelligence

    90 - 109 - Normal or average intelligence

    80 - 89 - Dullness

    70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency

    Under 70 - Definite feeble-mindedness

    Normal Distribution & IQ Scores


    The properties of the normal distribution apply to IQ scores:

    50% of IQ scores fall between 90 and 110

    70% of IQ scores fall between 85 and 115

    95% of IQ scores fall between 70 and 130

    99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140

    Low IQ & Mental Retardation


    5% of people have an IQ under 70 and this is generally considered as
    the benchmark for "mental retardation", a condition of limited mental
    ability in that it produces difficulty in adapting to the demands of life.
    Severity of mental retardation can be broken into 4 levels:

    50-70 - Mild mental retardation (85%)

    35-50 - Moderate mental retardation (10%)

    20-35 - Severe mental retardation (4%)

    IQ < 20 - Profound mental retardation (1%)

    High IQ & Genius IQ


    Genius IQ is generally considered to begin around 140 to 145,
    representing ~. 25% of the population (1 in 400). Here's a rough
    guide:

    115-124 - Above average (e.g., university students)

    125-134 - Gifted (e.g., post-graduate students)

    135-144 - Highly gifted (e.g., intellectuals)

    145-154 - Genius (e.g., professors)

    155-164 - Genius (e.g., Nobel Prize winners)

    165-179 - High genius

    180-200 - Highest genius

    >200 - "Unmeasurable genius"

    More notes on High IQ and Genius IQ:

    Einstein was considered to "only" have an IQ of about 160.

    Mensa is a society for people with high IQ, in the top 2% (1 in 50).

    In 1926, psychologist Catherine Morris Cox published a study "of the


    most eminent men and women" who had lived between 1450 and
    1850 to estimate what their IQs might have been.
    Go to Estimated IQs of the Greatest Geniuses.

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