Does your IQ increase when you get older?

Answer 1

According to research, IQ is relative. Without going into a dissertation, there are a couple of different ways to discern IQ. There are timed and untimed tests. Each way has positive and negative reflexions on a result. And one can be tested individually or in a group. . . individual tests may be power tests and administered first hand by a third party. These scores may be more truly reflective of cognitive abilities. Once one reaches the age of 16, he is determined to be mature. And most importantly, a score on an IQ test falls within a range. . .ususally ten points up or down. . . from the final score rendered on any given test. So if one scores 123 on the Otis, then repeated testing attempts should fall with 113-133. There are always mitigating circumstances to any analysis of a test score. But essentially, IQ never changes beyond age 16, supposedly!