IQ is a general measure of intelligence, which as noted above, is basically an average of how well you do on the various parts of the IQ test. More recent research indicates that intelligence is not just one “thing – it actually has many facets – most of them not “academic.” And there’s also a debate about “emotional intelligence” – how well one can understand oneself and other people – which is a better predictor of success in life than just an IQ number alone. Life is a lot more complex than psychologists believed 50 years ago. Look up Howard Gardner and his book “Frames of Mind.”
And yeah, I know mine, and it just makes me feel guilty that I haven’t “achieved my potential” – whatever that means in a human sense.