Mensa members on Reddit wonder if high IQ correlates with "racism"

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't think you're going to get accurate results from an online test. I've had mine professionally tested by a psych, to get an ADHD diagnosis for adderall. It consisted of five different tests that looked at different aspects of my cognitive functioning and took nearly 4 hours. It also costed 2,000 USD which was thankfully covered by my insurance. The end result was a series of different scores that were all averaged to give me my IQ score.

[–]SoylentCapitalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The end result was a series of different scores that were all averaged to give me my IQ score.

I'm assuming you took Wechsler's Adult Intelligence Scale? The Processing Speed Index score is probably a good way to tell if someone has ADHD if they score pretty low and has a large discrepancy with the other subtests.

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I believe that's what it was, yes. Both my memory and processing speed scores were low, in stark contrast to the other scores. The administering psychologist used this to confirm the diagnosis of ADHD. You sure know your stuff.