how *exactly* is someone with a higher IQ different from someone with a lower IQ?
I guess a higher IQ predicts a higher chance of solving a problem successfully; also solving the same problem in a shorter average time. The prediction works best for problems that are general enough (don’t require too specific background knowledge), otherwise the domain knowledge becomes important too.
Is this the kind of answer you want?
It would be more exact with a specific way of measuring complexity of the problem (if everything else fails, we could just measure them by “how many people can solve this problem in one minute”), and then a two-dimensional table with IQ in rows, problem complexity in columns, and probability of solving the problems and average time in the cells. I never heard about something like this, so perhaps it would make a good thesis for a psychology student—we just need a volunteer.
It would be interesting to know e.g. how much intelligence can be substituted by speed. For example if you give a person with IQ 150 one minute to solve a problem, and a person with IQ 100 gets unlimited time for the same problem, which kind of problem will give advantage to which one?
Not really, I was looking for an answer that explains the exact way IQ works. Some problems might be less g-loaded. The explanation I’m looking for is something like that:
In a hypothetical situation, a problem is given to two (or more) people with very different IQs. Then there is a detailed explanation of how did they reach to the answer they gave—describing their thoughts and how did IQ lead them to think that. Also, something that accounts for the speed.
In other words, I want to know the patterns through which IQ works. Something that if I learn perfectly, I’ll be able to predict the minimal IQ for the understanding of any phrase/idea (under given conditions, of course).
I guess a higher IQ predicts a higher chance of solving a problem successfully; also solving the same problem in a shorter average time. The prediction works best for problems that are general enough (don’t require too specific background knowledge), otherwise the domain knowledge becomes important too.
Is this the kind of answer you want?
It would be more exact with a specific way of measuring complexity of the problem (if everything else fails, we could just measure them by “how many people can solve this problem in one minute”), and then a two-dimensional table with IQ in rows, problem complexity in columns, and probability of solving the problems and average time in the cells. I never heard about something like this, so perhaps it would make a good thesis for a psychology student—we just need a volunteer.
It would be interesting to know e.g. how much intelligence can be substituted by speed. For example if you give a person with IQ 150 one minute to solve a problem, and a person with IQ 100 gets unlimited time for the same problem, which kind of problem will give advantage to which one?
Not really, I was looking for an answer that explains the exact way IQ works. Some problems might be less g-loaded. The explanation I’m looking for is something like that:
In a hypothetical situation, a problem is given to two (or more) people with very different IQs. Then there is a detailed explanation of how did they reach to the answer they gave—describing their thoughts and how did IQ lead them to think that. Also, something that accounts for the speed.
In other words, I want to know the patterns through which IQ works. Something that if I learn perfectly, I’ll be able to predict the minimal IQ for the understanding of any phrase/idea (under given conditions, of course).