Gifted Association
| Union | founding | admission | IQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| International High IQ Society | 2000 | top 5% | 124 |
|
Mensa International Mensa in Germany |
1946 | top 2% | 130 |
| Intertel | 1966 | top 1% | 135 |
| ISPE | 1974 | top 0.1% | 146 |
| Triple Nine Society | 1979 | top 0.1% | 146 |
| Prometheus Society | 1982 | top 0.003% | 160 |
| Mega Society | 1982 | top 0.0001% | |
| Giga Society | 1996 | top 0.0000001% |
A highly gifted association is an organization that requires proof of giftedness or a certain minimum result in an IQ test as a criterion for membership .
Associations
The oldest, best known and largest association for gifted students is Mensa International (represented in Germany by Mensa in Deutschland ), founded in 1946, which requires an IQ in the 98th percentile (i.e. the top 2% of the population). Other well-known associations of this type are listed in the box.
criticism
see also: Critique of the concept of intelligence
Since gifted associations, as mentioned above, are usually defined by results in IQ tests, the criticism of the formalized concept of intelligence also affects gifted associations. Stephen Jay Gould , for example, in his book The Mismeasure of Man , argues that the concept of a uniform concept of intelligence on the basis of IQ tests is wrong, as it is an arbitrary combination of the most varied of cognitive abilities. Even the creator of the first IQ test in the modern sense, the French psychologist Alfred Binet (1857–1911), had doubts about the possibility of objectively measuring intelligence.