Id like to look more in depth into the reasoning behind "IQ" tests... There seems to be massive ambiguities over these terms (IQ) as well.
My immediate reaction upon hearing about such tests (when I was young) was dismissal, and I cant say Ive changed my mind. This does not mean that I reject stratification of intelligence (this is an obvious reality), just their method of attempting to quantify it with a cute little test (barf).
According to their definition, Intelligence varies almost linearly with age, wealth, education, etc. Give an IQ test to a 5 year old, then again to the same individual at 30. Is that person suddenly more "intelligent" (what I would assume means the actual functioning of the brain) or it is the accumilation of knowledge and inferential ability that builds with age? Why can a score improve dramatically in a short period of time with exposure to more mathematics and pattern recognition problems?
The test may very well be a good measure of some aspect of intelligence, but why make such a sweeping claim as to the composite of human capability? (or is this assumption merely one made by the general public, with no fault by the test builders?)
I would state that, ironically, the person who parades a high IQ, would be the most lacking, as it reveals such a poor insight into the depth of the human mind, and all the intricacies of the brain.