Aspies For Freedom - Visually based IQ-test

I got a 138 on this one. I came up with an answer for all of them except for the last one, which I had to guess at the end as the timer ran out (After having tried to get it for a while. That one had me stumped.)

I want the puzzles answers and explanation now though, darn it!!

Noetic Wrote:

Natalie Wrote:

Yeah, I was kind of pissed when they didn't have the explanations either. I wanted to figure out how those last ones worked.

If you want to figure it out doesn't it make more sense to take screenshots and then figure it out in your own time? (Admittedly you can't see the answers but perhaps you could post your conclusions here and see whether others agree?)

silky Wrote:

Noetic Wrote:

Natalie Wrote:

Yeah, I was kind of pissed when they didn't have the explanations either. I wanted to figure out how those last ones worked.

If you want to figure it out doesn't it make more sense to take screenshots and then figure it out in your own time? (Admittedly you can't see the answers but perhaps you could post your conclusions here and see whether others agree?)

(oops on my last post)

Anyways, i LOVE that idea! So how many do you folks want to work on and post? The last 10?

Alfred Wrote:

I got a 138 on this one. I came up with an answer for all of them except for the last one, which I had to guess at the end as the timer ran out (After having tried to get it for a while. That one had me stumped.)

Alfred we could use your help. Want to tell us the answers starting with #33 and what the theme was? Smile

Mj�lner Wrote:

Noetic Wrote:

Ceri Chaos Wrote:

122 on this test which is a little disapointing as normally I score between 135 and 155 on IQ tests.
I'm off to sulk in a corner now.

Don't sulk, it's normal for people with AS to have a lower visual IQ than overall IQ (and in turn a much higher verbal IQ than visual/spatial).

I thought it was the opposite!?

Depends where you read.
I read one place that said "autistic" people are visual thinkers.
I read another place that said some are and some arent.
I read another place that said one difference between autistics and aspies was that autistics are visual thinkers and aspies are the opposite.  It was one of that doctor's criteria for drawing the line.

So... uh.... i dunno.  I used to draw accurate details in my pictures but I can't judge depth well when parking the car.  Got bad eyes though.

Natalie Wrote:

OK, well here's the last question... Anyone want to start on it? I just guessed on it, whatever one sort of "looked right" in an aesthetic sense.

The correct answer is "B". Definitely.

I have no idea. I cheated to get the answer Big Grin

But perhaps knowing the answer will help us solve WHY.

Alfred Wrote:

Well, that still leaves 34, 38, and 39 if anyone has a valid explanation for these ones. I think I am in danger of obsessing over 39... I think I'll just wait until someone else can say why the answer is B, that or keep trying to get it for the next few days.

Alfred you are fantastic!

Yesterday I solved 34 like this:

Turn it into math formulas. Consider the dots INSIDE to be positive numbers. Consider the dots OUTSIDE to be negative numbers. So on the top row that translates to 1 + 1 =2
middle row translates to 1 plus negative 3 = negative 2
the bottom row translates to 2 plus negative two = zero. The only blank circle to represent zero is G, which is verified as correct.

I'm in the middle of constructing an answer key for the whole quiz

The way I solved 38 yesterday was like this

I considered the center symbols to be instructions (or a math operand). So on the top line the arrow pointing up i consider to be an instruction to stretch (make it bigger) in the direction of the arrow

The center row i took the X instruction to mean tilt

Therefore on the last row i took an angular up pointing arrow to mean to both stretch and tilt it in the direction of the arrow.

I don't know how much sense that makes but, it turned out with the right answer of F

Alfred Wrote:

***Spoiler warning to anyone who hasn't yet done these.***

For 37, The black squares just keep getting added one per box of nine, starting with no black boxes in the first box of 9. The trick with this one is that there are two circles moving across in this, and they are affected by each black box they enter. When a white circle enters a black box, it emerges from the other side a black circle. When a black circle enters a black box, it emerges a white��circle. The 2 circles are progressing one step to the right (and dropping to the start of the next row when they reach the end of a row) each time. They can't be seen when they are on the black squares. The answer is H.

Dang i darn near went nuts over 37 last night. I saw that there was one more black box each time. (every answer has the right number of black boxes) I surmised the circles were traveling. I knew the circles were invisible when a black box covered them. But I didn't know they were changing color and that kept blowing every pattern I could come up with. Alfred you are my hero!

I'm beginning to think that one would be easier for someone who plays video games, which i don't Smile Still, this is fun!

Think 39 is a cellular automata problem?

My best friend, a professor who adores math, said he will explain 39 to me this weekend if i am "good". arghhhhhhhh. He KNOWS i can't handle suspense. I cant wait that long.

Should I wait a while to post the entire answer key? I apologize for not reposting a spoiler warning earlier. It didn't occur to me cuz I thought the thread had gone past that

Well, i'm still stumped on #39 (the original link in the thread). grrrrrr Nobody has any idea about why the answer is B?

Yay, the answer. Joy!