Because the IQ test and the EQ test only focus on a limited number of skills, Quest magazine felt it was time to develop a more comprehensive test that relies on seven different intelligences.
What is Quest?
Quest is a monthly magazine that aims to make people smarter in a fun way. They call themselves creators of braintainment. Their magazine is therefore packed with information for curious people. It covers the most diverse areas, ranging from biology and geography to psychology and technology to culture, nutrition and religion. A whiner who doesn’t find anything to his liking in this.
The QQ test
To celebrate their fifth anniversary, the editors decided to develop a new test that would not be as limited as the IQ test, which focuses mainly on logical thinking and spatial insight, and the EQ test, which focuses on emotional intelligence.
Since every person is good at a number of things, a test was developed that bundles all types of intelligence. Once you have done this , you can see for yourself where you score best and where your weaknesses lie.
I will list the types for you and explain what you can expect.
Seven intelligences
- Musical intelligence: can you hear differences between rhythms? Can you recognize pitches? In other words: do you have a musical ear, a musical feeling? This skill is tested by playing two rhythms one after the other and you have to judge whether they are identical or not. You have to indicate the tonal progression of some melodies.
2. Linguistic intelligence: are you strong in sensing correct synonyms and can you easily hear which language group a particular language belongs to? Then you have a talent for language! Linguistic intelligence tests your feeling for your own language but also foreign languages.
3. Spatial intelligence: having insight into things, being able to deal with three dimensions, being able to orientate oneself, that is what this is all about. You are presented with three-dimensional puzzles, including rolled-out cubes and puzzles consisting of different patterns and shapes.
4. Physical-motor intelligence: what about your motor skills, your reactions, your adaptation to certain situations? You have gross motor skills, which rely on the large muscle groups, which enable you to do movements such as standing up, walking or climbing. But you also have fine motor skills, which rely on the smaller muscle groups, which enable you to do finer things such as drawing, writing, tying shoelaces. Your fine motor skills are tested in two games.
5. Interpersonal intelligence: how well can you judge people’s behavior? Can you tell from facial expressions and people’s reactions whether something is sincere or not, whether a person is honest or not? So human knowledge. In the test you have to judge whether someone’s smile is real or fake and you are presented with photos of people from which you have to deduce their state of mind.
6. Logical-mathematical intelligence: logic and mathematical insight are the pillars of this intelligence. You will be asked to complete a number of series of numbers that give an indication of your insight into mathematical problems.
7. Intrapersonal intelligence: how well do you know yourself? Can you assess yourself objectively? Do you know what you are good at and what you are less good at? How far does your self-knowledge extend? Before you take each test, you must enter how high you estimate a certain intelligence in yourself. After the test you will see how high (or how low) you scored and this will be compared with your prognosis.
I would say: try it out and discover yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. Nice bonus: you participate for a great prize! All information can be found on the Quest website.