The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests: 500 Exercises to Improve, Upgrade and Enhance Your Mind Strength Paperback – Illustrated, September 2, 2005

I really enjoyed this book. Great prep for Mensa Test ! Also I like that it starts with an explanation of types of aptitude and history. Loads of variety of questions and all answers in the back . Nice !

This is a book of intelligence tests. The tests cover verbal aptitude, numerical aptitude, technical aptitude, logical reasoning, imagination, lateral thinking, problem solving, emotional intelligence and memory. I used this book and others by Philip Carter in preparation for the Mensa test. There is no question in my mind that these challenging tests, and especially the exercise of solving those that I missed within the allotted time limit, helped me prepare for a successful outcome on the Mensa test.The author clearly explains in the Introduction that this book is not designed to measure one's IQ or Intelligence Quotient, saying "the object of this book is to identify different types of intelligence and bring together tests for different aspects of intelligence into one book...". Although seeing a standardized IQ test might help one understand how they work, a person would not take such IQ tests repeatedly as the primary means of preparing for a proctored exam. What you need is a learning tool like this book. It does not tell you how to do the problems, but it does help you understand which mental skills need improvement. The "how do you do that type of problem" learning is in part made of hard thinking, in part personal creativity and in part reading other books on the subject or asking an expert.This is an excellent book to understand your capabilities and direct you to areas for improvement of your mental skills. The problems you get wrong are the ones on which to concentrate your effort. In some cases there is more than one answer, such that the single solution shown in the key at the back of the book is not the only right answer. At first this was frustrating, but after finding a handful of these it felt good to know that there is more than one way to skin a cat.I rate this book five stars.

This was a gift. I was told it had a good variety of different tests.

I think everybody past 19 yrs old should buy this book because it helps readers to understand what intelligence is about and why one should exercise the brain just as we exercise the rest of the body. And just as important, it provides lots of mental exercises, feed-back and sensible evaluation (explaining correct answers).-Philip Carter explains concisely and clearly how intelligence is evaluated and then he provides the reader with a block of exercises.-I am a triathlete and I have participated in World Championships as a member of the Mexican team, so I know very well that what is not measured cannot reach excellence. I have a Ph.D. in Litt. and presently I am a member of Lumosity, an excellent site to improve a few of people's mental skills, so please believe me when I tell you that this book will definitely help you to improve your mental skills.- Yet, do not believe that this is it and you are done.- Your brain needs to learn foreign languages, how to play an instrument, in other words, your brain needs not only to be constantly learning but just as important it must be permanently evaluated; otherwise, it may suffer serious drawbacks.-Whatever you are good at, every four years take up a new subject to study, a new sport to practice: The brain needs change to be kept in tip top condition, not to decay or worse suffer Alzheimer. Eat well!! and start reading "The complete book of intelligence tests by Phillip Carter", you might be saving a lot of trouble later in life.

This is fun to use, challenging, and I think it actually works too! My Mother has Dementia and I want to avoid it so I eat healthy, drink lots of water, and play brain games. Test yourself and improve your brain.

I learned a lot on how to conduct psychological assessments. It is so great that the book helped me to find out things that I need to address in my personality.

Surprised the other reviews ranked this so high. I work with students that have formal IQ tests/evaluations, and I recently took one as an adult myself. A lot of these "practice tests" don't mirror what you would see if you (or a child) took a comprehensive IQ battery.

As described.