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Trump’s Personality and IQ Evaluated by Psychotherapist
The Steady Drip ^ | 11/09/2016 | Samuel Orrin Sewell

Posted on 12/22/2016 1:58:19 PM PST by JimGlove

Trump’s Personality and IQ Evaluatied by Psychotherapist by Samuel Orrin Sewell - bestselfusa@gmail.com

Trump may be a genius, but personality is more important.

The most well-known high IQ society is Mensa. To join Mensa one must score in the top 2% of a standardized IQ test. That really isn’t all that outstanding. One out of 50 people have IQs high enough to join Mensa.

Numerical IQ scores are not an accurate indicator of intelligence. For instance a score of 72 on the U.S. Navy GCT test is about equal to score of 150 on the WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.) Percentile IQ scores are a more informative measurement.

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To: dangerdoc
IQ just means that you have the ability to learn.

Not that you necessarily do learn.

IQ is also not set in stone. You can diminish and expand IQ. That is something that upsets people but it is true.

I have seen it in children that scored as "retarded" on IQ tests when they were younger who scored as "above average" after being placed in nurturing home environment.

There is also leadership ability, (also something that can be learned) and perception (yes, it can be learned).

In Trump what you have is a guy who had potential and has refined his ability continually.

Most people peak at a younger age because they stop learning.

41 posted on 12/22/2016 3:02:23 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: JimGlove

I’m not going to knock IQ. Smart people tend to be more successful and you need a certain level of brainpower to process complex problems. But as a million people have said before, IQ is only part of the picture. Trump has the drive to succeed that was necessary to become a billionaire. That is pretty important.


42 posted on 12/22/2016 3:05:28 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: JimGlove

I have never posted under 145.
So what.
I expect brilliance where I can find it. Uniform tests are substandard.
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance”.
You do not make many friends with this viewpoint.
But I have met & collaborated with some genius level people.
So far as I have looked into it, genius is really the ability to discard failure.
Fear of failure will doom the west.


43 posted on 12/22/2016 3:17:48 PM PST by glasseye
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To: jazminerose

+1+1+1


44 posted on 12/22/2016 3:19:10 PM PST by gogeo (But he's not a conserrrrrvative!)
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To: jazminerose
It’s an ethical violation for a licensed mental health professional to diagnose someone he has never evaluated personally.


Shouldn't the licensed mental health professional be evaluated to make sure he/she is neutral and non-political? Who is paying for this evaluation?
45 posted on 12/22/2016 3:28:43 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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To: BenLurkin

I can’t hear over the sound of how awesome I am.

William Shatner has been dethroned.


46 posted on 12/22/2016 3:43:25 PM PST by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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To: JimGlove

Good read

Wonder what his take is on the current narcissist in chief is


47 posted on 12/22/2016 3:44:55 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: PGR88

It’s a God article. Worth the read


48 posted on 12/22/2016 3:45:31 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: JimGlove

Does the psychotherapist have a $10 Billion practice? Oh, then I can wait.


49 posted on 12/22/2016 4:05:42 PM PST by Joe Bfstplk (A Deplorable in Texas)
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To: jazminerose
It's an ethical violation for a licensed mental health professional to diagnose someone he has never evaluated personally

Yeah. The author should've stuck to characteristics of high IQ at various levels, and let the readers draw their own conclusions. Not too bright of the author, who tells us how bright he is.

My guess is that DJT is high IQ. He likes to draw independent conclusions, based on facts and reasoning, and is not deterred from that because of "conventional wisdom" (oxymoron)

50 posted on 12/22/2016 4:35:18 PM PST by grania
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To: Paladin2

Whatever Bammy’s IQ is it doesn’t matter its negated by him being a sociopath and narcissist.


51 posted on 12/22/2016 4:43:18 PM PST by Gasshog (Clinton denies... Expect to see a lot of this)
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To: jazminerose

Bingo!


52 posted on 12/22/2016 4:48:38 PM PST by luckodeirish (The Land of the Free-Because of the Brave!!!!!!!)
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To: Gasshog
I agree, as I had never really thought much about it before.

Hussein acts like a moron (not in the formal IQ-linked meaning).

53 posted on 12/22/2016 4:52:54 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: arthurus

I earned a PhD in psychology many years ago with the stupid idea I would have a chance to help people who were suffering.

I agree 100% with your comment. Psychologists keep people in “therapy” for years and years, digging about in their childhood, a “method” that has NEVER shown to have positive clinical outcomes.

I’ve found a small handful of clinicians who do good work, short term solution focused work when someone simply gets stuck. But the majority are an embarrassment.

Incidentally I left clinical practice after 7 years and went a different direction.


54 posted on 12/22/2016 4:53:34 PM PST by luckodeirish (The Land of the Free-Because of the Brave!!!!!!!)
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To: jazminerose

*** “It’s an ethical violation for a licensed mental health professional to diagnose someone he has never evaluated personally” ***

As much faith as I have in Their ART... I would probably be more intrigued by what Mr Trump thought of “Them” after a simple Interview (if they were worthy of his time).
Forgoing their Formal Training Mr Trump would also forgo the Clinical description but probably nail the diagnosis with each, as a descriptive word or two to describe them and be far ahead of the professionals, just with a cold read. He has it.

YMMV


55 posted on 12/22/2016 5:52:42 PM PST by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: jazminerose

Yep, and it’s also well known that observation is no substitute for direct testing when it comes to IQ. Thinking somebody is really smart does not tell you what their actual IQ is.


56 posted on 12/22/2016 5:55:43 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Freedom Trumps Fascism)
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To: arthurus

They’re a joke.


57 posted on 12/22/2016 7:41:28 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: akalinin

Honestly, it’s more like a dream that I had a father. I’m 48 now, watched mom cry a lot growing up.

I empathize with your father. It sucks.

What can you do?


58 posted on 12/22/2016 7:44:34 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

He sure outsmarted (most) Triple Niners.


59 posted on 12/22/2016 10:25:15 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Make lemonade.)
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To: JimGlove

LOL! He may very well be the smartest guy in most rooms - but he has lousy character.....I must be a low life - I like his character just fine.


60 posted on 12/23/2016 2:50:33 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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