Improving Your Spatial Intelligence: IQ Test with Rotations and Variations

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The discussion revolves around a spatial intelligence IQ test that involves visual rotations and variations of images. Participants share their experiences and results from the quiz, discussing the challenges posed by specific questions and strategies for solving them.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants report achieving perfect scores (5 out of 5), noting that the last question was particularly challenging.
  • Others mention using techniques such as tilting their heads to visualize the transformations more easily.
  • A few participants suggest that the quiz may exhibit grade inflation, questioning the grading scale based on their scores.
  • Some participants discuss specific strategies for solving the last question, including flipping images horizontally and considering diagonal reflections.
  • One participant humorously describes their experience as a "dyslexic's nightmare," indicating difficulty with the test.
  • Another participant reflects on how their dyslexic spouse excels at Scrabble, suggesting a different cognitive approach to visual-spatial tasks.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

While many participants agree on the difficulty of the last question, there is no consensus on the grading system or the effectiveness of various solving strategies. Multiple viewpoints on the challenges and techniques remain present throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about their answers, with references to potential mistakes and differing interpretations of the images. There is also mention of variations in the types of transformations that could be included in such tests.

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You answered correctly 5 out of 5 questions. This is equivalent to 100 %.

Your grade is
A+

The last one was the hardest, I almost picked the wrong one :P
 
You answered correctly 5 out of 5 questions. This is equivalent to 100 %.

Your grade is
A+

It's easy to do this if you just tilt your head sideways when necessary :)

That was kinda cool

EDIT: On the last one, I just tlited my head to the right, and imagined it to flip vertically (from that point of view)...
 
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You answered correctly 5 out of 5 questions. This is equivalent to 100 %.

Your grade is
A+

Yes, the last one required a bit of care.
 
You answered correctly 5 out of 5 questions. This is equivalent to 100 %.

Your grade is
A+

Yeah the last one was a bit tricky.
 
5 of 5.

I was coincidentally just thinking, "Why haven't they used a diagonal reflection?" after #4, so of course I tried to work #5 out as a reflection followed by a rotation (same thing, obviously, but a diagonal reflection would've been simpler).
 
There's a simple trick: pick an element in a corner, and see if it's move to the appropriate corner. 5/5
 
5 on 5. 100% schwamabedoo. (The last word was posted because of the post length limitation problem, in which I could simply have stated that I needed to write more stuff, making this small part useless even as I type it. :P)
 
You answered correctly 5 out of 5 questions. This is equivalent to 100 %.

Your grade is
A+

I think there's some grade inflation going on if Evo's 80% is still an A. :biggrin: :smile: The first four were pretty easy. The last one needed some thinking...I could see which way the original was flipped pretty quickly, but then trying to match the second one to that was challenging because of how "busy" the image was.
 
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Moonbear said:
You answered correctly 5 out of 5 questions. This is equivalent to 100 %.

Your grade is
A+

I think there's some grade inflation going on if Evo's 80% is still an A. :biggrin: :smile: The first four were pretty easy. The last one needed some thinking...I could see which way the original was flipped pretty quickly, but then trying to match the second one to that was challenging because of how "busy" the image was.
I'm curious which one I missed, I did the last one quickest of all, perhaps that's the culprit.
 
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There is one image on the last one that is ALMOST it, you have to flip it horizontally and then move the side on the bottom onto the right hand side (in other words, flip it horizontally and then rotate to the left once). There is one image (the 2nd one) that looks almost like it, but it's actually the 4th one.
 
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dontdisturbmycircles said:
There is one image on the last one that is ALMOST it, you have to flip it horizontally and then move the side on the bottom onto the right hand side (in other words, flip it horizontally and then rotate to the left once). There is one image (the 2nd one) that looks almost like it, but it's actually the 4th one.
Gosh, I just flipped it diagonally. :biggrin: (Same end result, less steps to get there. :wink:)
 
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I just looked at it again and I admit, that would have been easier :-p
 
  • #14
Well, that was a dyslexics's nightmare. I got none right!
 
  • #15
hypatia said:
Well, that was a dyslexics's nightmare. I got none right!
Just a quick question...are you good at Scrabble? My wife is dyslexic and her spelling stinks, but she's pretty good at Scrabble. I think she sees more possible word combinations because her brain is flipping recognition of the tiles back and forth from normal order to reversed order.
 
  • #16
5/5 as well, piece of cake. Though my eyes hurt a little.
 
  • #17
4/5...i just did it arbitrarily...i was supposed to get all wrong though..
 
  • #18
dontdisturbmycircles said:
There is one image on the last one that is ALMOST it, you have to flip it horizontally and then move the side on the bottom onto the right hand side (in other words, flip it horizontally and then rotate to the left once). There is one image (the 2nd one) that looks almost like it, but it's actually the 4th one.

i think i did the same as you, looked at how things flipped, and what it would look like etc, 5/5
 
  • #19
You answered correctly 5 out of 5 questions. This is equivalent to 100 %.

Your grade is
A+

EASY : just focus on one corner and see how it has been rotated.

Normally, in such tests multiple variations are put in. So, not only rotations of objects but also colour changes or magnitude changes of the depicted figures in the squares

marlon
 

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