Children's self-estimates of IQ become more accurate with age—but only to a point

Children's self-estimates of IQ become more accurate with age—but only to a point

Children under 10 are not very accurate at judging their own intelligence, according to a large-scale study published in Intelligence. Researchers in Estonia found that younger children’s self-assessments of how smart they are often have little to do with their actual performance on standardized IQ tests. But around the age of 10, this begins to change. At that point, children’s self-perceived intelligence starts to reflect their measured cognit…