Topic # 9 - Inferiority Complex

The ClubHouse: The Game - Play Room: General Discussions: Topic # 9 - Inferiority Complex
There are times in most of our lives when we may feel inferior to others based on various situations. Sometimes, we tend to feel like we don't measure up, or we are not as "smart" as the next guy. Below is an IQ test which tests your ability to answer various questions under a time limit. Please take the test and feel free to share your score, and your feelings on this subject. It is not mandatory to post your score if you are not comfortable. The test requires 13 minutes of uninterrupted time to complete, plus extra time to read directions, etc. Enjoy.

http://www.iqtest.com/

Himay10ns

Sunday, October 22, 2000 - 10:49 am Click here to edit this post
Well, that was fun! I started the test at 12:27 and completed it at 12:39. So it took me 12 minutes to complete the test. I scored a 138 which falls in the following category:

Highly gifted and appearing to be a Genius to most others: 135 - 145

hehehe, I don't know about the genius thing, but I'm smarter than your average bear!! Can't wait to see everyone else's scores....

Moondance

Sunday, October 22, 2000 - 12:03 pm Click here to edit this post
My score was 135
I tried to take my time & it took me 16 minutes.

I have always been intimidated taking tests and in cold readings when I audition because I have reading/speech dyslexia. I pronounce words funny or cannot at all but I have learned to hide it ... In school and in life I have worked even harder so it is not detected.
OMG ... everyone now knows way too much about me now!:)

Vykin

Monday, October 23, 2000 - 12:35 am Click here to edit this post
Okay finally got to it. If you ask me our Truth or Dare questions are much more accurate.

Anyways, I go 139 but I used 11 minutes. If I used the last 2 minutes, I'm sure I could have upped it to AT LEAST 105.

Okay, Who lied now? LOL Actually I actually taken the Mensa tests before. Has anyone else here ever taken the "real iq tests"? Just curious

Vykin

Monday, October 23, 2000 - 12:35 am Click here to edit this post
Now isn't that a SMART post,

Actually I actually? I better go to sleep now.

Roger_Ramjet

Monday, October 23, 2000 - 05:33 pm Click here to edit this post
My thoughts---there will always be someone "better" and someone "worse" than you or me in just about everything. A test such as this can provide for different results if you don't concentrate on it, for example. That doesn't mean your abilities are matched up to the score---hell, on a day where you are focused the score could be much higher!

I think typically, not measuring up happens from 1 of 2 reasons----someone says you don't match up to others, and you choose to believe them, or 2) you choose to believe that all by yourself.

I will always hold there are different kinds of "smart"...book smart, life smart, street smart, numbers smart, music smart, mechanical smart....I hope you get my drift.

In taking this test, it seemed like it was as, or more important, to be able to read the question correctly than it was to have enough smarts to figure out the answer.

Problem solving....a long lost art!!! Too many people don't spend enough time working on figuring out what the problem really is. Too many times what is termed the problem is nothing more than a symptom of the real problem.

Oh, my score---if I wrote it down you'd throw out the test!!!! It can't be accurate!!!!

Moondance

Monday, October 23, 2000 - 05:53 pm Click here to edit this post
My Mom is a teacher and she screams if someone's mentions IQ tests. She is completely against them and feels it cannot judge a persons intelligence because there are too many factors involved.

BTW... I found it humorous they were charging for the extended test ... makes one think... what are they in this for & how credible is it...:)

I still want to know Roger Rabbit's score

Roger_Ramjet

Monday, October 23, 2000 - 05:59 pm Click here to edit this post
You got my real name---wasn't that better?? And isn't that enogh information for one day. Your mom would think so-----hehe

And who is this Roger Rabbit character?? I'd like to know his score as well---that way we can not worry about mine.

Can you say, "Roger is just an average guy."???

I knew you could!

Moondance

Monday, October 23, 2000 - 06:02 pm Click here to edit this post
No, Roger is not an average guy! Nothing average about you... can you handle that? :)

Roger_Ramjet

Monday, October 23, 2000 - 06:12 pm Click here to edit this post
I can handle just about anything. You would be surprised by how many things are actually average about me. The total person I am may be a bit above average, although there are many, nany things where a heck of a lot of people are "better" than me.

My typing for instance!!!! Shit, that's below average....haha

Your thoughts were nice though Moon, and I do appreciate that you believe them...I do have my moments though----as do we all. That's the great thing---almost every single one of us has had some very shining moments!!!

Luke

Tuesday, October 24, 2000 - 11:18 pm Click here to edit this post
Okay... I took the IQ test... I scored 130something... I didn't put a lot of effort into it and I still scored genius level... Now don't think I'm another Einstein or something cuz I'm really not (I know, hard to believe, huh? hehehe :) ) But this is one of probably a dozen IQ tests I've taken in my life, so they tend to get boring after a while. I even had the opportunity to take a whole battery of IQ tests as the guinea pig for a friend of mine getting his PhD in psychology... and that took days and days of him probing into the depths of my mind... and still he said the results wouldn't be 100% accurate.

I've also seen people suffer from a wide array of inferiority complexes for various reasons... because they're not tall enough... or not white-skinned enough... or they're gay, but not straight-acting enough... or it could be for economic reasons... or their accent when speaking English or some other language. Octavio Paz wrote in his sociological novel the Labyrinth of Solitude that even all Mexicans suffer from an inferiority complex--un "complejo de inferioridad".
I think what makes a person stand out... what is admirable about a person... more than that person's intelligence, or skin color, or knowledge of whatever language, or economic status... is that person's ability to appreciate herself or himself in light of the fact that they are both superior and inferior to others. Everyone has different gifts... Everyone has different disabilities. It's easy to see how we do NOT measure up to others... but how easy is it to be at peace with that fact? And what I mean by "peace" is not busting our buns to get that perfect job... that perfect cirlce of friends... that perfect degree or certification... that perfect partner.

A teacher of mine back in high school said something that has stuck with me throughout the years, "It is sad to see so many people who are content with mediocrity." That sentence sticks in my mind when I get into a competitive mood, and continues to challenge me to do better. However, there must be a balance to how much one challenges oneself and how much one is content with things they are...

I'm rambling... but I think that it is a healthy thing to continually seek a balance between striving for something better and also being at peace with what one already is or has.