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A '''high-IQ society''' is an organization that limits its membership to people who have attained a specified score on an [[intelligence quotient|IQ]] test, usually in the top two percent of the population (98th percentile) or above.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Groeger |first=Lena |date=January 1, 2015 |title=When High IQs Hang Out |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-high-iqs-hang-out1/ |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |language=en |access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-11-26|title=The rise of children joining high-IQ society Mensa|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-50480137|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> These may also be referred to as genius societies.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=American Mensa Celebrates Its Diamond Jubilee|url=https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/american-mensa-celebrates-its-diamond-jubilee/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=American Mensa|language=en}}</ref> The largest and oldest such society is [[Mensa International]], which was founded by [[Roland Berrill]] and [[Lancelot Ware]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite news |last=Percival |first=Matt |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/ |title=The Quest for Genius| access-date=26 June 2015 |date=8 September 2008}}</ref><ref |
A '''high-IQ society''' is an organization that limits its membership to people who have attained a specified score on an [[intelligence quotient|IQ]] test, usually in the top two percent of the population (98th percentile) or above.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Groeger |first=Lena |date=January 1, 2015 |title=When High IQs Hang Out |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-high-iqs-hang-out1/ |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |language=en |access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-11-26|title=The rise of children joining high-IQ society Mensa|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-50480137|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> These may also be referred to as genius societies.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="MENSA Diamond Jubilee">{{Cite web|title=American Mensa Celebrates Its Diamond Jubilee|url=https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/american-mensa-celebrates-its-diamond-jubilee/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=American Mensa|language=en}}</ref> The largest and oldest such society is [[Mensa International]], which was founded by [[Roland Berrill]] and [[Lancelot Ware]] in 1946.<ref>{{cite news |last=Percival |first=Matt |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/08/quest.genius/ |title=The Quest for Genius| access-date=26 June 2015 |date=8 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="MENSA Diamond Jubilee"/> |
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==Societies== |
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Some societies accept the results of [[standardized test]]s taken elsewhere. Those are listed below by selectivity percentile (assuming the now-standard definition of IQ as a standard score with a median of 100 and a [[standard deviation]] of 15 IQ points). Since the 1960s, Mensa has experienced increasing competition in attracting high-IQ individuals, as various new groups have emerged with even stricter and more exclusive admissions requirements.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schregel|first=Susanne|date=2020-12-01|title='The intelligent and the rest': British Mensa and the contested status of high intelligence|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695120970029|journal=History of the Human Sciences|language=en|volume=33|issue=5|pages=12–36|doi=10.1177/0952695120970029|s2cid=227187677|issn=0952-6951}}</ref> Notable high-IQ societies include: |
Some societies accept the results of [[standardized test]]s taken elsewhere. Those are listed below by selectivity percentile (assuming the now-standard definition of IQ as a standard score with a median of 100 and a [[standard deviation]] of 15 IQ points). Since the 1960s, Mensa has experienced increasing competition in attracting high-IQ individuals, as various new groups have emerged with even stricter and more exclusive admissions requirements.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schregel|first=Susanne|date=2020-12-01|title='The intelligent and the rest': British Mensa and the contested status of high intelligence|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695120970029|journal=History of the Human Sciences|language=en|volume=33|issue=5|pages=12–36|doi=10.1177/0952695120970029|s2cid=227187677|issn=0952-6951}}</ref> Notable high-IQ societies include: |
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| [[Mensa International]] || 1946 || ≈ 145,000 ({{As of|2022|lc=y}})<ref name = "MI">{{cite web |url=https://www.mensa.org/mensa/about-us |title=About Us |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Mensa International|access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref> || 100 || Top 2 percent of population (98th percentile; 1 person out of 50) || 130 |
| [[Mensa International]] || 1946 || ≈ 145,000 ({{As of|2022|lc=y}})<ref name = "MI">{{cite web |url=https://www.mensa.org/mensa/about-us |title=About Us |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Mensa International|access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref> || 100 || Top 2 percent of population (98th percentile; 1 person out of 50) || 130 |
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| [[Intertel]] || 1966 || ≥ 1, |
| [[Intertel]] || 1966 || ≥ 1,700 ({{As of|2024|July|df=US|lc=y}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intertel - Home |url=https://www.intertel-iq.org/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.intertel-iq.org}}</ref>|| 40 || Top 1 percent (99th percentile; 1 out of 100) || 135 |
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| [[Triple Nine Society]] || 1978 ||≈ 1,900 ({{As of|2022|September|df=US|lc=y}})<ref name = "TNSWhatIs">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/WhatisTNS.aspx |title=What is TNS? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>|| 46 || Top 0.1 percent (99.9th percentile; 1 out of 1,000) || 146 |
| [[Triple Nine Society]] || 1978 ||≈ 1,900 ({{As of|2022|September|df=US|lc=y}})<ref name = "TNSWhatIs">{{cite web |url=https://www.triplenine.org/WhatisTNS.aspx |title=What is TNS? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Triple Nine Society |access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>|| 46 || Top 0.1 percent (99.9th percentile; 1 out of 1,000) || 146 |
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| [[Prometheus Society]] || 1982 || < 36 ({{As of|2020|October|df=US|lc=y}})<ref name = "PS">{{cite web |url=http://prometheussociety.org/wp/ |title=The Prometheus Society |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Prometheus Society |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref> || 13 || Top 0.003 percent (99.997th percentile; 1 out of 30,000; not reliably measurable with current tests) || 160 |
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| [[Mega Society]] || 1982 || 26 (as of January 2014) || Unknown || Top 0.0001 percent (99.9999th percentile; 1 out of 1,000,000; not reliably measurable with current tests) || 171.3 |
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* {{Cite book |title=IQ Testing 101 |last=Kaufman |first=Alan S. |author-link=Alan S. Kaufman |year=2009 |publisher=Springer Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8261-0629-2}} |
* {{Cite book |title=IQ Testing 101 |last=Kaufman |first=Alan S. |author-link=Alan S. Kaufman |year=2009 |publisher=Springer Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8261-0629-2}} |
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* {{Cite book |title=Terman's Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up |last=Shurkin |first=Joel |year=1992 |publisher=Little, Brown |location=Boston (MA) |isbn=978-0-316-78890-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/termanskids00joel }} |
* {{Cite book |title=Terman's Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up |last=Shurkin |first=Joel |year=1992 |publisher=Little, Brown |location=Boston (MA) |isbn=978-0-316-78890-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/termanskids00joel }} |
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**{{cite news |author=Frederic Golden |date=May 31, 1992 |title=Tracking the IQ Elite : TERMAN'S KIDS: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up, By Joel N. Shurkin |url= |
**{{cite news |author=Frederic Golden |date=May 31, 1992 |title=Tracking the IQ Elite : TERMAN'S KIDS: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up, By Joel N. Shurkin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-31-bk-1247-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108031753/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-31/books/bk-1247_1_lewis-terman |archive-date=2012-11-08 |url-status=live |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} |
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* {{Cite book |title=Measuring intelligence: A guide to the administration of the new revised Stanford-Binet tests of intelligence |last1=Terman |first1=Lewis Madison |last2=Merrill |first2=Maude A. |author-link1=Lewis Terman |year=1937 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston (MA) |series=Riverside textbooks in education }} |
* {{Cite book |title=Measuring intelligence: A guide to the administration of the new revised Stanford-Binet tests of intelligence |last1=Terman |first1=Lewis Madison |last2=Merrill |first2=Maude A. |author-link1=Lewis Terman |year=1937 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston (MA) |series=Riverside textbooks in education }} |
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Latest revision as of 08:15, 24 November 2024
A high-IQ society is an organization that limits its membership to people who have attained a specified score on an IQ test, usually in the top two percent of the population (98th percentile) or above.[1][2] These may also be referred to as genius societies.[1][3] The largest and oldest such society is Mensa International, which was founded by Roland Berrill and Lancelot Ware in 1946.[4][3]
Entry requirements
[edit]High-IQ societies typically accept a variety of IQ tests for membership eligibility; these include WAIS, Stanford-Binet, and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices, amongst many others deemed to sufficiently measure or correlate with intelligence. Tests deemed to insufficiently correlate with intelligence (e.g. post-1994 SAT, in the case of Mensa and Intertel) are not accepted for admission.[5][6][7] As IQ significantly above 146 SD15 (approximately three-sigma) cannot be reliably measured with accuracy due to sub-test limitations and insufficient norming, IQ societies with cutoffs significantly higher than four-sigma should be considered dubious.[8][9][10]
Societies
[edit]Some societies accept the results of standardized tests taken elsewhere. Those are listed below by selectivity percentile (assuming the now-standard definition of IQ as a standard score with a median of 100 and a standard deviation of 15 IQ points). Since the 1960s, Mensa has experienced increasing competition in attracting high-IQ individuals, as various new groups have emerged with even stricter and more exclusive admissions requirements.[11] Notable high-IQ societies include:
| Name | Established | No. of members | Approx. no. of countries | Eligibility / Rarity | Approx. IQ |
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| Mensa International | 1946 | ≈ 145,000 (as of 2022[update])[12] | 100 | Top 2 percent of population (98th percentile; 1 person out of 50) | 130 |
| Intertel | 1966 | ≥ 1,700 (as of July 2024[update])[13] | 40 | Top 1 percent (99th percentile; 1 out of 100) | 135 |
| Triple Nine Society | 1978 | ≈ 1,900 (as of September 2022[update])[14] | 46 | Top 0.1 percent (99.9th percentile; 1 out of 1,000) | 146 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Groeger, Lena (January 1, 2015). "When High IQs Hang Out". Scientific American. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "The rise of children joining high-IQ society Mensa". BBC News. November 26, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "American Mensa Celebrates Its Diamond Jubilee". American Mensa. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ Percival, Matt (September 8, 2008). "The Quest for Genius". Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ "Qualifying test scores". American Mensa. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ "Intertel - Join us". www.intertel-iq.org. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ "Test Scores". www.triplenine.org. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ "IQ values explained". www.triplenine.org. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ Perleth, Christoph; Schatz, Tanja; Mönks, Franz J. (2000). "Early Identification of High Ability". In Heller, Kurt A.; Mönks, Franz J.; Sternberg, Robert J.; et al. (eds.). International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Pergamon. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-08-043796-5.
norm tables that provide you with such extreme values are constructed on the basis of random extrapolation and smoothing but not on the basis of empirical data of representative samples.
- ^ Urbina, Susana (2011). "Chapter 2: Tests of Intelligence". In Sternberg, Robert J.; Kaufman, Scott Barry (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 20–38. ISBN 9780521739115.
[Curve-fitting] is just one of the reasons to be suspicious of reported IQ scores much higher than 160
- ^ Schregel, Susanne (December 1, 2020). "'The intelligent and the rest': British Mensa and the contested status of high intelligence". History of the Human Sciences. 33 (5): 12–36. doi:10.1177/0952695120970029. ISSN 0952-6951. S2CID 227187677.
- ^ "About Us". Mensa International. 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ "Intertel - Home". www.intertel-iq.org. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "What is TNS?". Triple Nine Society. 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Kaufman, Alan S. (2009). IQ Testing 101. New York: Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8261-0629-2.
- Shurkin, Joel (1992). Terman's Kids: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up. Boston (MA): Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-78890-8.
- Frederic Golden (May 31, 1992). "Tracking the IQ Elite : TERMAN'S KIDS: The Groundbreaking Study of How the Gifted Grow Up, By Joel N. Shurkin". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012.
- Terman, Lewis Madison; Merrill, Maude A. (1937). Measuring intelligence: A guide to the administration of the new revised Stanford-Binet tests of intelligence. Riverside textbooks in education. Boston (MA): Houghton Mifflin.