Can someone with an IQ score of 120 be gifted? Based on psychological thought, explain why or why not and give an example.
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Based on psychological thought a person with an IQ score more than 120 may or may not be gifted. It all depends upon how he or she use their intelligence. The normal range of IQ is 85-120 and a person of 25 years or more with IQ more than 120 cannot be said to be gifted. I know many who have IQ more than 190 including myself (checked last year) who erre not gifted. All tried to increase our intelligence and used in in a better and a creative way. This made our IQ rise much high. People under 20 years having IQ more than 210 can be said to be mentally gifted. Albert Einstein whom people say was gifted himself told none was gifted. It's the imagination of people and his IQ was 160 whereas that of Newton was 190.
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A person with a IQ of 120 is not particularly gifted. He is just above average.
On the most popular IQ testing test in the country, the average score of participants is 100. 120 is not a very high score to be considered as a genius candidate.
My friend who is not so clever has a IQ of 120. It means that he is just above average.
People with IQ above 140 can be truly considered as intelligent.