What is intelligence?

1. What does the term "IQ" mean?
2. When, where and by whom was the concept of IQ developed?
3. What is the average IQ?
4. What is Mensa International?
5. Name at least two different IQ tests.

ANSWERS:

1. IQ means "Intelligence Quotient"

2.Was developed in France by the French psychologist Alfred Binet in 1904 . Originally was designed to test school students and determine the child's mental age.

3.100 is the average.

4. Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. Mensa is formally composed of national groups and the umbrella organization Mensa International, with a registered office in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire.

5.Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition