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Pranav Veera, currently a kindergarten student at McCormick Elementary in Ohio, has an IQ of 176, which is one in a million intelligence. According to Richard E. Nisbett, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, says "genetics may play some role in intelligence, the more dominant factors are nurturing teachers and involved parents". Nisbett is the author of "Intelligence and How to Get It" (W.W. Norton & Company, Inc)
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I would look at this question from the point of what is an IQ test is. it's meant to score people against thier peers with the average person beign 100. An average 6 year old has a lot of developing to do but will have an IQ of 100.
This kid isn;t answering more questions than you or I in the test he is just beating all of his peers by miles.
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February 12, 2009 06:05 PM
Pranav Veera has an IQ of 176 at age 6, how is this possible?
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February 12, 2009 09:30 PM
second attempt to answer this??? not sure what happened to my first. I would look at this question from the point of what is an IQ test is. it's meant to score people against thier peers with the average person beign 100. An average 6 year old has a lot of developing to do but will have an IQ of 100.
This kid isn;t answering more questions than you or I in the test he is just beating all of his peers by miles.
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February 12, 2009 09:50 PM
Very interesting. So you're saying that your IQ score is dependent on your age?
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February 12, 2009 11:35 PM
It can be there isn't one definition or test for IQ so it really depends on how he was tested? it's not really an exact science e,g. your IQ should be pretty static over a period of years but if you do a lot of IQ type tests and problems your IQ score will go up so (your not getting smarter or exercising your brain your just getting better at the tests).
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However, the piont of contention here is the score. There are various ways of scoring an IQ test and there is no accepted generalized rule. Thus saying that the child has 176 score and Einstien has 160 is unscientific since Einstien may not have taken the same test, he does not belong to the same age group and Pranav's IQ test may have a different scoring rule. Thus one must not compare using the score figure.
However, scoring 176 in his IQ test definitely displays tremendous potential and is most definitely genetic especially since he is only 6 years old.