Is what the psychologist told me true?

[Anonymous]

I told him that I have learning problems and that I only learn through experience and repetition and I can only understand what I can see, that the theory is impossible for me to understand, that I have no ability to study, I took an intelligence test and I got an IQ of 80, she told me that almost no one can pass that test well and that my intelligence is average, and that we all have different abilities, she doesn't think my problem is low IQ, she told me that I should be good at other things that do not have to do with theory and studies.

[Effably]

The truth?

80 is low. Is it low enough to impair you? No. Is it fixed? No. IQ has been widely proven to be easy to change. Roll time back three generations and you would be abobe average. Four? Highly intelligent. It is not that people used to be biologically more stupid but rather that our approach to abstract thought differs.

And in that regard? Your psychologist is entirely right. IQ is as likely to reveal if we are inclined to abstract or concrete thoughts. Being more concrete is not bad. It depends on how you apply it. A weakness we know of does not need to be a weakness.

Also last but not least, if this still troubles you a shift in mindset can be achieved in two weeks or so. After a year with a different mindset and a little study on logical patterns you'd quite easily soar into the 120s of IQ. That is really all it takes. And so I encourage viewing it more as a personality test than a test of worth or ability. Your psychologist is guiding you to this new mindset and from there will start to explore options and solutions.