Is 70 a high IQ score?

55 to 69: Mild mental disability. 70 to 84: Borderline mental disability. 85 to 114: Average intelligence. 115 to 129: Above average or bright.
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What does an IQ of 70 mean?

below 70-75, i.e. significantly below average. If a person scores below 70 on a properly administered and scored I.Q. test, he or she is in the bottom 2 percent of the American population10 and meets the first condition necessary to be defined as having mental retardation.
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Is an IQ of 70 disabled?

Diagnosing Intellectual Disability

A full-scale IQ score of around 70 to 75 indicates a significant limitation in intellectual functioning. However, the IQ score must be interpreted in the context of the person's difficulties in general mental abilities.
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What is the mental age of someone with an IQ of 70?

F70 Mild mental retardation

Approximate IQ range of 50 to 69 (in adults, mental age from 9 to under 12 years). Likely to result in some learning difficulties in school.
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What IQ is considered disabled?

have an IQ score below 60; have an IQ score of 60 through 70 and another physical or mental impairment that limits the ability to work; or.
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What was Forrest Gump's IQ?

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American drama film based on Winston Groom's 1986 novel of the same name. The film is about the life of Forrest Gump, who has an IQ of 75. Robert Zemeckis directed the picture, which stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field.
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Does IQ increase with age?

Does an individual's IQ change with age? An individual's IQ does not change with age. In other words: if you did an IQ test now and then another one in 10 years' time, your IQ score will probably be very similar. This is because IQ is always measured relative to other people your age.
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What is the mental age of an IQ of 75?

Critical interpretation of full-scale IQ scores. To further simplify it: An IQ of 75 means that an 8-year-old child will function intellectually overall at 75% of the average 8-year-old's intellectual functioning ie, at an average of a 6-year-old level.
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Is 73 a good IQ score?

In many cases, an IQ test score that falls below 70 is considered low IQ, while a score of above 140 indicates high IQ. In the past, scores below 70 were used as a marker to identify intellectual disabilities.
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What is it called when your IQ is below 70?

● 317 Mild Mental Retardation: IQ level 50–55 to. approximately 70.
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Can someone with low IQ be smart?

They can, but it's not just that. It's that IQ is a very noisy measure of all intellectual talents averaged together, and some people with unimpressive general IQs can still be extremely talented in particular fields. Even such a stereotypically intellectual pursuit as chess only correlates with IQ at 0.24.
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What is borderline retardation?

Borderline intellectual functioning, also called borderline mental retardation (in the ICD-8), is a categorization of intelligence wherein a person has below average cognitive ability (generally an IQ of 70–85), but the deficit is not as severe as intellectual disability (below 70).
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What is mild mental retardation?

An individual is diagnosed with mild mental retardation if they have an IQ score of 50-69,6 and the majority of cases fall within this category. Individuals with mild mental retardation typically develop social and communication skills adequate for self support, but may need assistance during times of unusual stress.
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How good is 74 IQ?

The IQ score 74 falls within the borderline intelligence range (IQ scores of 71 to 84). This IQ indicates that the individual will most likely have difficulty in several life tasks.
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How Much Does IQ drop with age?

Now we can compare Full Scale (global) IQs for adults of different ages. A clear decline is evident. The mean WAIS-IV IQ is 100 for ages 20-24 and is 99 for ages 25-44. Then it drops to 97 for ages 45-54, to 94 for ages 55-64, to 90 for 65-69, to 86 for ages 70-74 and to 79 for ages 75+.
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What causes IQ to drop?

The cause of the IQ decline is due to environmental factors, and not genetics, said Ole Rogeburg, a senior research fellow at Ragnar Frisch Centre and co-author of the study on IQ scores, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
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Is IQ born or learned?

Like most aspects of human behavior and cognition, intelligence is a complex trait that is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors.
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Is IQ your mental age?

An individual's mental age is then divided by his chronological age and multiplied by 100, yielding an intelligence quotient (IQ). Thus, a subject whose mental and chronological ages are identical has an IQ of 100, or average intelligence.
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What was Muhammad Ali's IQ?

He was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. * The U.S. Army measured Ali's IQ at 78. In his autobiography he said, “I only said I was the greatest, not the smartest.”
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What is the lowest IQ ever recorded?

The lowest IQ score is 0/200, but nobody in recorded history has officially scored 0. Any result below 75 points is an indicator of some form of mental or cognitive impairment.
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What are symptoms of low IQ?

Difficulties talking or talking late. Having problems remembering things. Inability to connect actions with consequences. Difficulty with problem-solving or logical thinking.
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