Iq tests Recording 2

 Pre-listening Tasks

1. Have you ever done “Intelligence Quotient” or IQ Tests?

2. What do you think these tests measure?

 Listening Tasks

1. You are going to hear extracts from the radio program about intelligence tests (Intelligence Quotient or IQ). Read the notes, then listen and add to the information.

1. The first IQ tests: where/ when?

2. First widely used: when/ why?

3. Average IQ:

4. Genius level:

5. How different groups perform:

– Women

– People from East Asia

– People over twenty-three

2. Listen to the final radio program extract and note down three pieces of advice for people doing iq tests mentioned in the recording.

 Language Focus

Listen to the recording again and explain the following word combinations using other words.

1. to identify the most intelligent recruits

2. to be at the “genius” level of 130 or more

3. a matter of controversy

4. to find oneself tackling IQ tests

5. a couple of handy tips to help you do better

A quiz Recording 3

 Pre-listening Task

Study the following questions.

1. How many sides does each figure have?

2. Look at the items in the picture for one minute and write them as you can remember.

3. You’ve taken a group of four year olds to the park, and one of them starts crying because the others won’t play with her. What to do?

4. Write down as many possible uses of a newspaper as you can in two minutes. (If you don’t know how to express the ideas in English, you can make notes in your native language to ask your teacher about later.)

5. You are the manager of a small hotel. You have eight rooms, and eight set of guests. Put the guests in the right rooms so that everyone is happy, using the information below.

• Mr. And Mrs. A would like a room next to their children so they keep an eye on them.

• The children would like a room overlooking the swimming pool.

• Miss C wants a room overlooking the sea.

• Mr. And Mrs. D would prefer a quiet room at the back of the hotel.

• Mr. E always stays in room 2.

• Mr. F, and Mrs. G, and Miss H would like adjoining rooms if possible.

6. You and your partner have got into an argument. You are both upset and, in the heart of argument, start making personal attacks you don’t really mean. What’s the best thing to do?

 Listening Task

Listen to the correct answers.

1. If your answers are the same as the answers on the cassette, tick () them. Change any answers you got wrong.

2. Make a note of any extra information given. Were you surprised by any of the answers?

Question 1

This question is designed to test artistic and visual intelligence. The correct answers are: Figure 1 ten sides, Figure 2 eight sides, and Figure C thirty sides. To do this type of test well, you need to be able to visualize an object - that is imagine it in your own mind's eye, pick it up and move it around. Test show that many highly intelligent people simply cannot do this.

Question 2

This is a memory test. The ten items were: a pair of scissors, a rubber, a ruler, some drawing pins, felt-tip pens, a pencil, a glue, a paintbrush, a wastepaper bin and a door handle - all items you might expect to find in a normal classroom. The average number of items remembered was eight. If you got more than eight, you have a better than average memory. If you got less than five, you probably need to write your address on the back of your hand before you go out in the morning!

Although memory is not directly linked to intelligence, it is a very useful function, and one that can be improved by doing regular memory exercises, or by using memory aids such as remembering the first letters of items, making them into a mental picture or story or repeating them over and over again.

Question 3

This question is designed to test your emotional intelligence. If you decided to kindly tell the child not to cry, tried to distract her, or thought you should tell the child to sort it out for itself.. .I'm afraid you score no points! According to experts, the best answer is to talk to the child and help her find ways to get the other children to play with her. Emotionally intelligent parents use their children's moments of upset to help them understand what it was that made them upset, what they are feeling, and the alternatives the child can try.

Question 4

This test is designed to test creativity. There is no correct answer, but the average number of uses people thought of in two minutes were eleven.

The most popular uses were: to read, for news and information, to cover the floor while painting, and to make a fire. Some unusual uses were: to sleep under, to wrap up a baby and to write a blackmail letter!

Question 5

This question tests practical problem-solving skills and logic. Some people are able to solve the problem in twenty or thirty seconds, whereas others pore over it for ages without seeing the answer. It's best to start with the people who have to be in particular rooms: Mr. E in room two; the A children in room four (because it's the only one overlooking the pool) and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, in room three because it's the only one next door to the children. That leaves room one for Miss C who wants a view of the sea, and if Mr. F and mars G, and Miss H all want adjoining rooms, they can take rooms six, seven and eight at the back of the hotel, leaving room five for Mr. and mars. D - the quietest room because it's away from the swimming pool. Did you get that?

Question 6

As you've probably have guessed, this is also an emotional intelligence question. The commonest answers are: to apologize (and ask your partner to do so!), go silent, or to stop for a moment and state your side of the argument as calmly as possible. According to the experts, however, the best thing to do is to take a twenty-minute break and then continue conversation. Apparently, it takes this long to clear the body of the physical effects of anger. Once both people have been given some time to calm down, a more amicable discussion can be expected!