On websites and in books on psychology, you can often find various tests to determine the level of your intelligence and personality traits. Some of the most famous and popular are Eysenck's tests.
IQ test
Hans Jurgen Eysenck (1916-1997) - British psychologist and scientist, known to many as the author of the popular intelligence quotient (IQ) test. Currently, there are several variants of this test.
The first 5 similar tests are used to generally assess a person's intellectual ability. For this, graphic, digital and verbal material and different ways of formulating problems are used. The test allows a person to prove himself from different sides: for example, if he is weak in mathematics, he can perform well verbal tasks.
There are also 3 special tests for those who want to learn more about their strengths and weaknesses, about their visual-spatial, verbal and mathematical abilities.
IQ, or intelligence quotient (intelligence quotient) is a quantitative assessment of the level of intelligence of an individual, where the reference point is the level of intelligence of an average person who is of the same age as the subject. IQ tests are designed to assess not erudition (knowledge), but thinking ability. They are usually used for people with at least secondary education, aged 18-50 years.
The average IQ value in the tests is taken as 100. IQ above one hundred indicates the level of intelligence above average. An IQ of less than 70 is believed to indicate mental retardation.
IQ tests have their drawbacks. For example, they do not take into account the psychological and physical condition of the person performing them. For example, a person may not get enough sleep, get very tired, be depressed. In this case, the objectivity of the test will decrease, since the person will probably give fewer correct answers.
Temperament test
Eysenck also developed a test for determining temperament - the so-called G. Eysenck's personality questionnaire (EPI). It contains 57 questions designed to identify the usual way an individual behaves. It is recommended that you give the answers that come to mind first. Some of the questions reveal extraversion-introversion, and some - emotional stability-instability (neuroticism). Several test questions allow you to assess the sincerity of the subject to obtain reliable results.
According to the theory of the author of the test, people can be divided into 4 groups depending on the level of emotional stability and extraversion-introversion: introvert-stable, introvert-neurotic, extrovert-stable, extrovert-neurotic. Each of these types has its own predominant type of behavior.
