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Mensa International is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. [3] [4] [5] It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. [6]
Roland Berrill – lawyer, businessman and co-founder of Mensa [12] Theodore Bikel – actor, musician [13] Richard Bolles – self-help author [5] Laurie Brokenshire – Royal Naval officer, magician and world-class puzzle solver [14] Cyril Burt – educational psychologist, developer of factor analysis in psychological testing [15]
Tests deemed to insufficiently correlate with intelligence (e.g. post-1994 SAT, in the case of Mensa and Intertel) are not accepted for admission. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] As IQ significantly above 146 SD15 (approximately three-sigma) cannot be reliably measured with accuracy due to sub-test limitations and insufficient norming, IQ societies with ...
The test is currently in its second edition, published in 2015. [2]Both editions are suitable for evaluation of intellectual giftedness, [3] and high scores are accepted as qualifying evidence for high IQ societies such as Intertel (min. IQ ≥ 135) and American Mensa (min. IQ ≥ 130).
She's already a member of Mensa -- the genius society –- and currently stands as the youngest person in the Arizona Mensa chapter. Tests show her I.Q. is above 160, whereas the average person's ...
The Wechsler tests can also be used to identify intellectual giftedness, and are commonly accepted as qualifying evidence for high-IQ societies, such as Mensa, Intertel and the Triple Nine Society. [15] [16] [17]
Intelligence quotient (IQ) tests include the Stanford–Binet, Raven's Progressive Matrices, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. There are also psychometric tests that are not intended to measure intelligence itself but some closely related construct such as scholastic aptitude.
The category contains notable people who are, or who have been, members of Mensa International, the high IQ society. Subcategories. This category has only the ...