The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests: 500 Exercises to Improve, Upgrade and Enhance Your Mind Strength

ISBN-13: 9780470017739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 216 str.

Philip Carter

Opis

Enjoyable mental exercises to help boost performance on IQ tests This engaging book offers readers the ultimate in calisthenics for the brain. Using the same fun, informative, and accessible style that have made his previous books so popular, Philip Carter helps people identify mental strengths and weaknesses, and provides methods for improving memory, boosting creativity, and tuning in to emotional intelligence. Featuring never-before-published tests designed specifically for this book, plus answers for all questions, this latest treasure trove from a MENSA puzzle editor outlines a fun, challenging program for significantly enhancing performance in all areas of intelligence.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.

Aspects of intelligence.

Intelligence quotient (IQ).

Test 1.1 IQ test.

2. Specific aptitude tests.

Section 1 – Verbal aptitude.

Test 2.1 Synonym test A.

Test 2.2 Synonym test B.

Test 2.3 Antonym test A.

Test 2.4 Antonym  test B.

Test 2.5 Analogy test A.

Test 2.6 Analogy test B.

Test 2.7 Classification test.

Test 2.8 Comprehension.

Test 2.9 Advanced Verbal test A – multi–discipline.

Test 2.10 Advanced Verbal test B – anagrams.

Section 11 – Numerical aptitude.

Test 2.11 Numerical sequence test.

Test 2.12 Mental arithmetric.

Test 2.13 Working with numbers.

Test 2.14 Advanced numerical aptitude test.

Section 111 – Technical aptitude.

Test 2.15 Technical aptitude test.

3. Logical reasoning.

Test 3.1 Pure logic.

Test 3.2 Progressive matrices test.

Test 3.3 Advanced logic test.

4. Creativity.

Test 4.0 Creativity personality test.

Section 1 – Imagination.

Test 4.1 Imaginative shapes.

Test 4.2 Wild imagination.

Test 4.3 Creative logic.

Test 4.4 The bucket test.

Section 11 – Lateral thinking.

Test 4.5 Lateral thinking test.

Test 4.6 Lateral thinking exercises.

Section 111 – Problem Solving.

Test 4.7 Problem–solving exercises.

5. Emotional intelligence.

Test 5.1 Anxious or relaxed.

Test 5.2 Extrovert or introvert.

Test 5.3 Optimist or passimist.

Test 5.4 Self–confidence.

Test 5.5 Tough or tender.

6. Memory.

Test 6.1 Pattern recognition A

Test 6.2 Word association.

Test 6.3 Verbal dexterity and memory test – anagrams.

Test 6.4 Number/shape recognition.

Test 6.5 Pattern recognition B.

Test 6.6 Instructions.

Test 6.7 Pattern recognition C.

Test 6.8 Shopping List.

Test 6.9 Attention to detail.

Test 6.10 Memorising an address.

7. Answers, explanations and assessments.

8. Hints.

O autorze

Philip Carter is a UK Mensa Puzzle Editor and vastly experienced author. He has written & co–written well over 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords. Visit The Enigmatic World of Philip Carter at www.knowl.demon.co.uk.

Blurb

THE IQ WORKOU SERIES

The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests

There are many different types of intelligence, and whatever your IQ, it is  possible to significantly develop and enhance your performance in all areas. Other characteristics such as outstanding creative, practical and artistic prowess, especially when combined with personal characteristics such as ambition, good temperament and compassion, can result in an outstanding level of personal achievement and success. While it is not possible to change your IQ, it is possible to dramatically improve your performance at intelligence tests through regular testing. After all, the mind is a muscle like any other and needs regular exercise!

This is where the Complete Book of Intelligence Tests comes in. Using the informative, fun and accessible style of the other books in The IQ Workout Series, this book deals with a whole range of different intelligence tests including left vs. right brain thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence and memory. It enables you to identify specific areas of weakness then work on them.

Whether you want to eliminate the frustration of forgetfulness, enhance your creativity or be more equipped to solve problems this book will help you. The IQ Workout Series is suitable for anyone from 18 to 80 who wants to put themselves to the test.