The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests : 500 exercises to improve, upgrade and enhance your mind strength by Philip Carter

Author:Philip Carter [Carter, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
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Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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how others perceive us. It also envelopes how we perceive the

world as a whole ^ the big picture ^ and how we perceive different

scenarios and situations that appear within the big picture.

Memory (the ‘ninth intelligence’) ^ the mental evocation of past

experiences.

One important aspect of perception is the ability to see more than

one point of view. If, for example, you look at the two drawings

below, at first glance what you see appears to be quite unambiguous:

However, if you continue to stare at each figure in turn, and keep

your attention on it focused, then the orientation suddenly shifts and

you find yourself looking at a quite different figure from what you

first imagined.

These two figures, therefore, illustrate the importance of perception.

Two different viewpoints appear ^ yet they are both correct. If anything,

this teaches us that we should endeavour to see both viewpoints, and

both sides of an argument.

Now look at the figure below. What do you see?

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Most people will say that the figure is the letter E. If, however, they

look closely they will see that there is no letter E, just three sets of

lines. It is because our mind is conditioned to what it believes it wants

to see, i.e. the image of the most common letter of the alphabet, which

it has seen many thousands of times, that it completes the object for

you and makes you come to the conclusion that you perceive

something that in reality does not exist.

Now read the following paragraph:

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was

rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig

to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in

waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, The olny iprmoatnt tihng is

taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be

a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is

bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but

the wrod as a wlohe.

Again, our mind has taken over. It knows from past experience what

it wants to see, and as a result the task of reading what, at first, appears be a load of mumbo-jumbo is surprisingly easy.

The following tests are all designed to test your powers of

imagination and creativity.

Test 4.1

Imaginative shapes

In each of the following, use your imagination to create an original

sketch or drawing of something recognisable incorporating the lines

already provided:

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You have 30 minutes in which to complete the nine drawings.

Test 4.2

Wild imagination

The object of this test is to interpret each of the 20 drawings in the

wildest and most imaginative way you can. You may also try playing

the game with other people. The wilder someone’s suggestion is, the

better it is and the more creative they are. Let your imagination run

riot and see what you can come up with.

This test is not timed or marked as it is simply an exercise in

creative thinking.

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Test 4.3

Creative logic

These questions require some logic, together with a high degree of

spatial awareness and creative thinking, and flexibility of mind in

adapting to different types of questions.

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