| Tables for your convenience, enlightenment, and enjoyment. |
| Apgar Scale. This scale was developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar in 1952. It is used to rate a newborn at 1 minute and 5 minutes old on muscle tone, respiration, color, reflex irritability, and heart rate. A score of 7 -- 10 means that things are just fine. Between 4 and 6, the baby may need assistance with breathing. Below 4, the baby will need life-saving measures taken. |
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| The Bell Curve!!! (theoretical, obviously) The Bell Curve was developed by Alexander Graham BELL shortly before he decided to invent cell phones. Years later, it would become apparent that Bell's own IQ fell far below the "norm" (his younger brother, Norman, who's life mission was "Turn on, tune in, drop out"). OK OK I lied. |
| IQ Scores & Ratings What is a good IQ score? What is a high IQ score? What is a low IQ score? These are common questions, particularly after someone finds out their score from an IQ test. Lewis Terman (1916) developed the original notion of IQ and proposed this scale for classifying IQ scores: Normal Distribution & IQ Scores The properties of the normal distribution apply to IQ scores: Low IQ & Mental Retardation (remember say "intellectual disability" instead of "mental retardation, OK?) 5% of people have an IQ under 70 and this is generally considered as the benchmark for "mental retardation", a condition of limited mental ability in that it produces difficulty in adapting to the demands of life. Severity of mental retardation can be broken into 4 levels: High IQ & Genius IQ Genius IQ is generally considered to begin around 140 to 145, representing ~.25% of the population (1 in 400). Here's a rough guide: More notes on High IQ and Genius IQ: Einstein was considered to "only" have an IQ of about 160. Mensa is a society for people with high IQ, in the top 2% (1 in 50). In 1926, psychologist Catherine Morris Cox published a study "of the most eminent men and women" who had lived between 1450 and 1850 to estimate what their IQs might have been. LOOK AT OTHER GENIUSES!! |
| Cranial Nerves CN 1: Olfactory Nerve -- SMELL (nose) CN 2: Optic Nerve -- VISION (eyes) CN 3: Oculomotor Nerve -- EYELID and EYEBALL MOVEMENT (eyes) CN 4: Trochlear Nerve -- INNERVATES SUPERIOR OBLIQUE; TURNS EYE DOWNWARD and LATERALLY CN 5: Trigeminal Nerve -- CHEWING, FACE and MOUTH; TOUCH and PAIN CN 6: Abducens Nerve -- TURNS EYE LATERALLY CN 7: Facial Nerve -- CONTROLS MOST FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; SECRETION OF TEARS; SALIVA, TASTE CN 8: Acoustic Nerve (Auditory; Vestibulocochlear) -- HEARING, EQUILIBRIUM SENSATION CN 9: Glossopharyngeal Nerve -- TASTE; SENSES CAROTID BLOOD PRESSURE CN 10: Vagus Nerve -- SENSES AORTIC BLOOD PRESSURE, SLOWS HEART RATE, STIMULATES DIGESTIVE ORGANS, TASTE CN 11: Spinal Accessory nerve -- CONTROLS TRAPEZIUS and STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID; STIMULATES DIGESTIVE ORGANS; TASTE CN 12: Hypoglossal Nerve -- CONTROLS TONGUE MOVEMENTS A mnemonic to remember the cranial nerves is: "On Old Olympic Towering Tops A Finn and German Viewed Some Hops" Another: "Oh Once One Takes The Anatomy Final Very Good Vacations Are Heavenly" (note this mnemonic uses "Vestibulocochlear" for cranial nerve 8 -- Acoustic AND "Accessory" for cranial nerve 11 -- Spinal Accessory) Another: "On, On, On, They Traveled And Found Voldemort Guarding Very Ancient (Secret) Horcruxes." |
| "When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator" (Mahatma Gandhi) |
| Over 140 - Genius or near genius 120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence 110 - 119 - Superior intelligence 90 - 109 - Normal or average intelligence 80 - 89 - Dullness 70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency Under 70 - Definite feeble-mindedness |
| 50% of IQ scores fall between 90 and 110 70% of IQ scores fall between 85 and 115 95% of IQ scores fall between 70 and 130 99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140 |
| 50-70 - Mild mental retardation (85%) 35-50 - Moderate mental retardation (10%) 20-35 - Severe mental retardation (4%) IQ < 20 - Profound mental retardation (1%) |
| 115-124 - Above average (e.g., university students) 125-134 - Gifted (e.g., post-graduate students) 135-144 - Highly gifted (e.g., intellectuals) 145-154 - Genius (e.g., professors) 155-164 - Genius (e.g., Nobel Prize winners) 165-179 - High genius 180-200 - Highest genius >200 - "Unmeasurable genius" |
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