Originally Posted by Val
Though I'll add that on the verbal section, being HG+ may be a handicap, because HG+ people tend to see nuances where others don't, making a choice between two bad answers very difficult (HK, think you pointed this idea out once?).
I agree! I've always struggled with multiple choice questions for this exact reason. I've often wondered whether the testers were actually trying to test for these nuances or whether they were just poorly written questions. I am currently leaning more towards the latter. I recently gave the 2nd grade IOWA tests to my son, and there were three or four questions where I really wasn't sure which answer they wanted. I could hear my son talking through some of the problems and could tell he was also reading way too much into some of the questions.