WELCOME to Friday, January 21, 2010. Where do you stand?…..

This is a quick explanation of IQ, put up due to popular demand. There are many books on psychology or intelligence that would provide a more rigorous explanation of IQ.

What is intelligence? The definition I like is that intelligence is “the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations … also: the skilled use of reason” (7)*. I have heard some people misuse the word smart to mean knowledgeable. That is like confusing velocity with distance. That one can lead to the other does not mean that they are the same thing. I.Q. = Intelligence Quotient

Originally, “IQ” tests were created to be able to identify children who might need special education due to their retarded mental development (1). Binet’s test included varied questions and tasks. The tasks even included unwrapping a piece of candy and comparing the weights of different objects (4)!

To relate the mental development of a child to the child’s chronological age the IQ was invented. IQ = (MA/CA) * 100. The intelligence quotient was equal to 100 times the Mental Age divided by the Chronological Age. For example, if a certain child started reading, etc., at the age of 3 (CA) and average children start reading, etc., at the age of 6 (MA), the child would get an IQ score of 200. (Such a score is very, very rare). Since people wanted to also use IQs for adults, that formula was not very useful since raw scores start to level off around the age of 16 (2).

Thus the deviation IQ replaced the ratio IQ. It compares people of the same age or age category and assumes that IQ is normally distributed, that the average (mean) is 100 and that the standard deviation is something like 15 (IQ tests sometimes differ in their standard deviations). Today with all of the groups of varying degrees of intelligence, the question is where do you stand on the list?

 

Hey I’m just saying! Have a wonderful weekend and whatever you do, don’t forget to LAFF IT UP! Peace, I am outta here!

q u o t e s o f t h e d a y

“There’s a new website that allows you to use Facebook,
Twitter, e-mail, surf the web, and read all the news in
one place. That one place is called ‘work.” -Conan O’Brien

“Budweiser announced they are coming out with a beer that
has caffeine in it. “I am so tired in the morning. I really don’t get moving until I have my first cup of beer.” –Jay Leno

“The FDA says it will limit the amount of pain reliever found in Vicodin. Which explains my new substitute for Vicodin: two Vicodin.” -Jimmy Fallon

G u a r a n t e e d t o R o l l Y o u r E y e s

Queen Nyteshade had two claims to fame. She could tell fortunes and she was a midget. The local authorities frowned on her because they thought that fortune telling was fraudulent. They had Queeny arrested. She was placed in a holding cell. Since she was so small she was able to squeeze between the bars of her cell and escape. This to incensed the judge that he ordered the local newspaper to print an article about the culprit. The following was printed in the paper the next day. Small medium at large.
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Thursday’s Movie Trivia of the day! ‘How much movie trivia can you answer?(At a wake) ‘Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come.’
Answer:The Big Chill

Spoken by Michael, played by Jeff Goldblum. Kevin Costner also had a part in the movie, but the director cut out all the scenes he was in. His character commits suicide and the only scenes left with him in them are shots of his sleeves and hair line.
Friday’s Movie Trivia of the day! ‘How much movie trivia can you answer? What movie is this quote from???? ‘I loved a writer and gave up the prize for a sonnet.’
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Thursday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2008, try and identify which song or which artist.” “If I get too tired to make it, be my breath so I can walk.”

Answer: Matchbox 20

From their song “Bent.”

Friday’s Crazy Song Definitions, This quiz features popular songs from 2000-2002 try and identify which song or which artist.“I’m lying here on the floor where you left me. I think I took too much. I’m crying here…what have you done? I thought it would be fun.”

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Thursday’s Quizzler is..

What is this?

Sticker Bum
Sticker Sticker Bum Bum
Sticker Sticker Sticker Bum Bum Bum

ANSWER: A Bumper Sticker
lit. A bum per sticker.

Friday’s Quizzler is…
Low Grade + 5th non-prime number (starting at 2) + To look down upon = A form of punishment.

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