How to Know Your I.Q. Level without Taking the Test & Brainy Stories by Billy J. Burton - HTML preview

4. I.Q. and Personality

How can one measure intelligence all the while circumventing imperfect tools such as

standardized I.Q. tests? One way is to consider how intelligence consistently impacts one’s

behavior, emotions, needs…, as well as the type of deep-seated personality one exhibits.

In a nutshell, your intellectual aptitude affects your personality, and your personality represents a

specific intellectual profile.

In this book, I aim to establish the correlation between intelligence and the psychological

idiosyncrasies of each group of individuals from the Inferior Range to the Profoundly Gifted Range.

The deepest differences between I.Q. ranges are connected to the magnitude of, structure or

concepts, one borrows from the world 103, in a particular field of intelligence, as opposed to innovative and self-reliant, reasoning. The highest subtype of intelligence influences all others

and is paramount in defining one's typical level of performance. That difference in I.Q. levels

bears consequences in the sorts of matters one is interested in, who one surrounds oneself with, how sensitive or anxious one is 164, how one relates to other people, etc.

Not only is that approach reasonably accurate, at least as much as a standardized I.Q. test would

be19, but it also gives the same result throughout one’s life, regardless of anxiety, fatigue,

learning disabilities, social phobia, depression, cognitive decline due to aging, etc. On the other hand, I haven’t been able to evaluate it widely with people with autism, but while the first results

seem encouraging (the intellectual forces counterbalancing the lack of emotional strong points)

they are not as satisfying.

4.1 Personality Traits Involved in Intelligence

According to my observations, and those of cited researchers, the more intelligent a person is, the more, at least to some extent, he, or she, is inclined to be:

1- Utilizing a different mental strategy103:

- A person whose intellectual functioning is more synthetic than analytic, and even more integrated than synthetic.

- A person with an ability to detect and understand patterns.

2- Independent116-118 :

- Independent in their opinions and worldviews

- Uninfluenced by habitual outlooks forced upon by family or friends, not likely to follow into

other’s footsteps without adding a persistent individualized touch. - Able to create their own concepts for understanding reality without relying on existing

structures or models.

3- A truth-seeker118:

Looking for truth in all matters, regardless of what the consensus may be among the intellectual

elite.

4- Intense in their behavior and predisposed to “overexcitabilities”108-109:

- Always mentally, physically, and emotionally excited.

- Attached to details.

- Often anxious and stressed-out for seemingly pointless reasons.

- Moved to tears by situations or art that would barely get the attention of most people.

- Highly organized to try to alleviate those “overexcitabilities”.

5- Highly intuitive118:

- Able to guess likely consequences of acts and decisions (one’s own or other’s).

- Able to understand situations and concepts, apparently out of nowhere, by using abilities

beyond the five senses.

6- Introspective119:

- Often wondering if one’s attitude is acceptable, if one's opinions hold ground

- Questioning if one should be more flexible, intelligent, open-minded, giving…

- Being prone to self-criticism.

7- Sympathetic/Empathetic118:

- Able to sense other people’s feelings or a slight difference in the atmosphere.

- Capable of identifying liars, knowing who is trustworthy or reading non-verbal cues.

- Tolerant of innocuous differences between people.

- Able to realize that someone may think, or act differently and still be respectable.

- Unwilling to force one’s opinion or views on other people.

8- Interested in or willing to learn118:

- Willing to study, mostly by oneself, cutting-edge, difficult, brainy topics that might solve

existential questions or important problems (such as astrophysics, quantum mechanics, medicine,

math, engineering, data-processing, etc.):

- Interested in several challenging subjects.

- Ready to invest time to acquire many aptitudes and knowledge across the board.

9- Introverted118-119:

- Socially awkward.

- Needing time to oneself.

- Never bored when alone.

- Not at ease in social situations because one’s interests and emotions don’t match others’.

- Not fully understood by one’s peers and family, feeling only a superficial connection

with everyone else.

- Insensitive to praise and flattery.

10- Resilient117-119 :

Resistant to life’s hardships because one’s strength originates from an inner vitality.

11- Creative119:

- Inventive.

- Interested in arts of many kinds.

- Moved by beauty.

- Feeling an inner urge to create, draw, paint, dance, play, cook, compose, and write in a very

personal and unique way. Besides, it is believed that 3 thresholds of creativity quality111 can be noticed. They correspond to the 85, 100 and 120 I.Q. marks.

12- Adventurous117-119:

- Interested in discovering new concepts, in taking part in new experiences.

- Willing to adapt to new chosen situations.

- Having the need to explore, discover, or absorb knowledge through all senses.

- Ingenuous or naïve at times.

Note that anxiety can get in the way of adventurousness.

13- Goal118-119 oriented:

- Ready to pursue one’s goals even if poles apart from what society values such as finding a

spouse or a decent job.

- Prone to try to change the world (not only as an idealistic teenager but throughout the course of

one's life).

- Ready to take steps to pursue one’s passions or dreams.

- A tad provoking, willing to push people beyond what they want to achieve for their own good.

- A willing or unwilling leader in one’s strong domains.

- An Architect of many projects.

- Organized and inclined to long-term planning to reach one’s goals.

14- Following moral118 and ethical codes:

- Endowed with strong personal values.

- Honest and candid.

- Law-abiding (unless law appears unjust).

- Hardworking.

- Finding it hard to lie or to fool someone on purpose.

- Feeling the need to improve the world and people’s behavior by leading them towards a greater

good.

15- Showing robust memory 118:

- Having a powerful long-term, and short-term memory.

- Able to recall tiny details of importance years later.

- Able to retrieve data or trivia everybody else has forgotten.

- Good at remembering numbers, faces, patterns, scents, tastes.

However, memory can be deficient from lack of interest or impeded by anxiety.

16- Cultured 118:

- Showing interest and even competence in multiple fields.

- Aware of facts, retained over the years, even in domains one doesn’t especially enjoy (titles,

names, quantity, dates …) in history, literature, cinema, music, geography, popular culture, etc.

- Interested in arts and knowledge across many fields.

- Often passionate and knowledgeable about delicacies (fine cuisine, tea, fine wine, chocolate,

coffee, scents…).

- Fan of complex musical harmonies and melodies (classical, jazz, blues, folk) but also powerful music (alternative, progressive, rock, heavy metal).