The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your IQ [Mass Market Paperback]

Dr. Jean Cirillo (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: October 7, 2008

An enjoyable and entertaining way to measure brainpower.

The Complete Idiot?s Guide® to Self-Testing Your IQ provides readers with tests that can be used to estimate a realistic IQ score, as well as games, puzzles, and more for an engaging and exciting workout for the mind. Using an amusement-based approach, IQ expert Dr. Jean Cirillo presents fun questions and answers that are rooted in standard IQ testing.

?Tests and games included are designed to measure cognitive skills, reasoning abilities, problem-solving capabilities, verbal abilities, mathematics and calculation skills, short- and long-term memory, and much more
?Because the tests are separated by area, this book has a strong "flip-through" factor, offering readers tests to be completed in one sitting for a comprehensive score, or as many or as few per sitting as time permits

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (October 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159257811X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592578115
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #889,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Jean Cirillo is a practicing psychologist in New York who has been seen on hundreds of national television shows, as expert guest and staff psychologist. She specializes in dealing with relationships, women's'issues, dating, divorce and custody solutions.

Since she began her training at Columbia University, Dr. Cirillo has been a published author, speaker, professional association officer, practitioner, consultant to reality shows and media commentator.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Full of Errors, October 2, 2009

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Anthony Parkinson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your IQ (Mass Market Paperback)

I gave up on this book after the first test - there were at least 3 wrong answers.
I did look ahead to chapter 2 which outlines the different types of subtests that makeup IQ tests. The section on spatial ability shows a problem that was included in the first IQ test - only this time it showed a different answer as being correct!

This is a hastily put together, poorly written (at least as far as the actual tests go) book.
The whole point of a book like this is to test your IQ and if the tests can't be trusted the book is useless. I've purchased books to test your IQ in the past and never had this sort of problem. This is the first book I've purchased in the Idiot series and I won't be buying another.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Seriously flawed, April 12, 2009

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William J. Brown (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your IQ (Mass Market Paperback)

I'd like to reinforce an earlier review. I found the tests to be seriously flawed, but then if you buy a book for idiots, it sort of presupposes what kind of score you're expecting....

3.0 out of 5 stars Several Inaccurate Answers but basically a good book, January 17, 2009

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N. Smith "Book Worm" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Testing Your IQ (Mass Market Paperback)

In spite of finding some inaccuracies and typos in this book, I think the author deserves credit for a good book. I would recommend this book for anyone who enjoys problem-solving or maybe going back to school or looking for a new job because it has a wide variety of self-tests.