what is intelligence?

1. The term IQ is an abbreviation for Intelligence Quotient. Ones IQ is based on a test in which the score is compared to members of the same age in the population. The score is out of 100 but there is a standard deviation of 15 points which compares your intelligence to the rest of the population, so one can score above or below a hundred, but a score below 50 is not common and above 150. However Albert Einstein’s score was 160.
2. The concept IQ was first created in France by a French psychologist named Alfred Binet in 1904. The first accepted IQ tests appeared in the early 20th century by Simon and Binet. The tests were created to measure military personal for World War 1.
3. The test is based on 100, but the score is compared with the rest of the population, generally the average score is between 90 and 109, which means approximately half the population scores within this percentile range.
4. Mensa International is a high IQ society that has existed since 1946. The members consist of people with IQs above the 98 percentile.
5. Two different commonly used IQ tests that exist today are Stanford-Binet IQ test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (for both children and adults).