Name Period __. Date HANDOUT 24-6 “How Smart Are You” Directions: The following 20 questions represent what you may encounter on an incelligence test, although we eried co make them a little more amusing than the average IQ-type question. Take the 20 questions and ack your answers carefully. ‘Time yourself very carefully and work as.quickly as you can. ‘Time Started: 1. The day before ¢wo days after the day before tomorrow is SATURDAY. What day is it today? 7 2. What comes next, most logically, in the following sequence? SAIBLCVDEERFAGNHNIIJ VKELRMSNAOR aPY bBQ cRR. GBR 3, What is one twentieth of one half of one tenth of 10,0002 4, What is the following scrambled word? NNREAIVARYS 5. In the following examples, each set of symbols stands for a word. Seudy all three ‘words given and the symbol equivalent and teanslace the fourth line into a word, AQOOSA = AOVAA OBA wins © V 6. Which of the sentences given below means approximately the same as: "Beauty is only skin deep"? Some actresses arc made up by the studios so that you cannot cell what they really look like. ‘Don't judge a book by its cover Some people have prettier appearances then others, 4. Good looks don't matter that rach. HANDOUT 24-6 I Module 24 Bt Inteligence and Intelligence TestingHANDOUT 24-6 (continued) 8, 10. aw 12, 13. M4, 15, 16. 17, Which of the figures shown below the Line of drawings best continues the sequence? Pq] Se Canoe is to ocean linet as glider is to akite b.airplane —¢. balloon — d. car Everyone at the Mensa party contest won prizes. ‘Tom won more chan Sally; Ann won less than Jane; Jane won less than Sally but more than Wales, Walter won fewer prizes than Aan. Who won the most prizes? ‘There is one five-leteer word which can be inserted in each of the ewo blanks below. When you have put in the right word, you will have four new words, two on each Tine, (Example: Place WORK on the line between HAND __PLACE, giving HANDWORK and WORKPLACE.) BOAT. WORK DOG.____HOLD ‘Tom, Jim, Peter, Susan, and Jane all took the Mensa test. Jane scored higher than “Tom, Jim scored lower than Pecer but higher than Susan, and Peter scored lower than Tom. All of chem are eligible to join Mensa, but who had the highest score? Fit were ewo hours later, it would be half as long, unc if ic were an hous later. What time is ie now? midnight as it would be Pear is to apple as potato is to! banana b.radish strawberry. leetuce Continue the following number series below with the group of numbers which best continues the series 110395877962? all5 BIOS 104 A116 Which of the following is least like che others? a. poem b. novel c. painting d, statue ¢. flower What is the following word when it is unscrambled? HCPRAATEU ‘What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of four hundred? HANDOUT 24-6 Ml Module 24 Intligence and Inteligence TestingHANDOUT 24-6 (continued) 18. 19, 20. ‘Which of the sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: “Don’e coune yonr chickens until they are hatched”? 2. Some egas have double yolks so you can't relly count eggs and chickens b. You can’e walk aronnd the henhouse to count the egas because ie will discus the hens and they won't lay eggs. Tes not really sensible to rely on something that bas not yet happened and -may not ever happen. d. Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your count of fature chickens “The same four-leteer word can be placed on the blank lines below to make eo new words from each of chose shown, Put in che correct fous-lercer word vo make four new words from those shown below. (Bxample: HAND could be placed between BACK ___ WORK to make BACKHAND AND HANDWORK.) HEAD MARK ‘DREAM ALL ‘Which of the figutes shown below the line of drawings best completes the seties? TT TT ie TT I LU LU LU LL TTT T a | LETH {LUI b © ‘Time finished: ‘Sources Inelligance tet from Sercbakol, V, be Soy, A. (1980). Te Mense bok of wordy, word ome, pasa, and wii (op. 145-149), New York: HarperCollion. Copyighe © 1988 by Abbie FSalny. Reprinted by perminion of HapeCallin Publishes, le. HANDOUT 24-6 B Module 24 if Inieligence and intligence Testing24-18 to “make or break” the mentally retarded, and viewers are left wondering whether David's case need be unique. (Filmakers Library, 28 minutes) For ordeting information, visit wwwfilmakers.com, leocassette: A Home of Our Own—Independent Living for the Mentally Challenged This is « good video to illustrate the text description of how, in che last half of this cen- tary, opinions regatding care for the mentally challenged have shifted back to normaliza- tion—allowing them to live in their own communities as normally as their functioning petmits. Bssentially the video asks how, after schooling has been completed, can the men- tally challenged person be helped to the greatest level of sel-sufficiency? The program exploces the innovative Trinity House, where four mentally challenged young adults live as roommates ina specially designed house, Live-in companions assist the residents with- ‘out controlling their lives, Students will get an insider's view of the challenges that the residents of Trinity House face on a daily basis. Overall, it shows how theit lifestyle is both stimulating and challenging. ‘The residents achieve maximum potential as they assume an active role in the community. (Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 24 min- utes) For ordering information, visit www films.com. Activity Center Analysis Activity: “How Smart Are You?” Concept: This activity, comprised of a handout provided by Abbie F Sainy, will tell seu- ‘dents whether they ate likely candidates for Mensa, the international organization for the highly incelligent Materials: Handout 24-6 Description: Distribute the handout to students, allowing them to complete i¢ in class or as a homework assignment, Discussion: To qualify for membership in Mensa, you must score in the top 2 percent y standard intelligence rest, which means a minimum score of 132 on the Stanford- Binet and 130 on ehe most current Wechsler scales, the two major tests of intelligence described in the text, Bach year approximately thiety thousand people apply for mem- bership; only approximately 1 of every 25 applicants is admired Answers to the handout are: 1. Friday a. PY The alternate letets starting, with S spell “silver anniversa,” and this sequence completes the phrase “silver anniversary.” 3. 25 4, ANNIVERSARY 5. MENSA 6b nb Bb 9. TOM 10, HOUSE 11. JANE 12. 9 pa 13. b, Both grow in the ground. oft 14, a. Alternate numbers go up by 2 and down by 1, statting with 1, and 10. Module 24 mt inteligence and Intelligence Testing19. eis the only one that is not an artistic work made by man, 16. PARACHUTE 7.5 ie 19. LAND. 20. ¢. The number of lines goes down opposice ehe stick, up on ehe side with the stick, and the stick alternates from lower left to top right. Respondents score one point for each correct answer. They should add five points if they finished in less than 20 minutes and ehree points ifin less than 30 minutes. Scores ange from 0 to 25. On the basis of the scores of some Mensa members who took the rest, Salny provides the following. interpretation of scores. + 25: You're an excellent Mensa candidate. ‘+ 25-24; You can almost surely pass the Mensa supervised test. + 14-19: A very good candidate for Mensa. #10413: A fair candidate, * Below 10: Everyone has an off day! Mensa members Marvin Grosswirth and Salny also have provided good advice in interpreting scores of any intelligence test, Although performing well is to a degree pre- dictive of school success, they state: ‘An intelligence test does not measure drive, persistence, creativity ot aay of the mytind ‘rer skills hae often count for more in wchiewing success out of school. A low score on an 1Q. test does oe mean probable aire in fife. Alli means is thatthe perso taking he test did poorly on thae particular est. Mose of us do not spend our lives in situations that tan be measured by paperand-pencil rests. Since eis iss, somes obtained on sch tests should be viewed wich some strane if they ate high and with some epticism if they are low. They measure only one aspect of a ota life pattern Seudents interested in joining Mensa can learn more by writing American Menss, 1229 Corporave Drive West, Arlington, TX 76006. The organization provides informa- sion of how to qualify for membership either by taking. an intelligence test or by sub- micting “prior evidence” if such a test has already been taken, Sources: Grosswieth, My & Salny, A. (1981) The Manse goes quis baa Reading, MA: Addiscn Wesley, p 139. Salay, A. (1988) he Mera bok woe, ed game sz, and adits. New York: Harper and Row. Analysis Activity: Analogies and Intelligence Concept: Analogies, which measure our ability to perceive relationships, appeat on most ineelligence-telaced cests—including the SAT. One of the subtests on che WAIS-R, _measues respondents’ abilities to see similarities. The Miller Analogies Test (MAT) is a difficult 50-minute test consisting of 100 verbal analogies, which was developed to measure scholastic aptitude for graduate study. Tt has also been used for selection and placement in industry. This analogies test, from the Mensa Genius Quiz Book, enables seudents to test their skill at analogies and to compare their scores with those of Mensa members, Materials: Handout 24-7 Description: Distsibure the handout to students, allowing them co complete it in class or as a homework assignment, Discussion: The answers to this handout, along with the percentage of Mensa members ‘who answered each question correctly, follow. No member got them all right. The aver- age score was fifteen correct and the average time was just over 10 minutes. Modlule 24 mt Intaligence and Inteligence Testing 24-19