Motivation 'Key to the high score IQ'

  IQ tests may not a reliable measure of intelligence alone or a good predictor of future potential IQ tests are a measure of motivation of the mental faculties are so much, says research from the United States.

Researchers from Pennsylvania found that a high score IQ of high intelligence and high motivation necessary, but might be a low IQ score the result of a defect to either be factor.

Incentives were also found to increase IQ scores by a significant margin.

The study is published in proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

First of all it affects the performance earlier studies such as material incentives analyzed by more than 2,000 people in intelligence tests.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, found that increased incentives all IQ scores, but especially for those of individuals with lower baseline IQ values.

Then the same researchers affected tested as motivation to the results of IQ tests, as well as on forecasts of intelligence and performance in later life.

Could with data from a long-term study of 250 boys from youth in early adulthood, they concluded that some people are trying harder than other conditions where are the bets low.

Therefore, the study says "Default priority IQ scores as a certain level of intelligence the predictive validity of the intelligence can overestimate.",

Getting a high score run in an IQ test requires high intelligence and competitive trends to motivate, the test taker, the best of their ability.

Dr James Thompson, senior honorary professor of Psychology at University College London, said that it was always known that IQ test results are a combination of innate ability and other variables.

"Life is an IQ test and contains elements of both a personality test and an IQ result (but mostly intelligence)."

"If an IQ test motivate someone not then is the a good predictor in itself."