1、TherelationshipbetweenIQandthinkingUnderstanding the cognitive processes of the human mind is necessary to further learn about design thinking processes. Cognitive studies are also significant in the research about design studio. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of d
2、esigners intelligence quotient (IQ) on their designs.The statistical population in this study consisted of all Deylaman Institute of Higher Education architecture graduate students enrolled in 2011. Sixty of these students were selected via simple random sampling based on the fini
3、te population sample size calculation formula. The students’ IQ was measured using Raven’s Progressive Matrices. The students’ scores in Architecture Design Studio (ADS) courses from first grade (ADS-1) to fifth grade (ADS-5) and the mean scores of the design courses were used in
4、determining the students’ design ability. Inferential statistics, as well as correlation analysis and mean comparison test for independent samples with SPSS, were also employed to analyze the research data.Results indicated that the students’ IQ, ADS-1 to ADS-4 scores, and the mea
5、n scores of the students’ design courses were not significantly correlated. By contrast, the students’ IQ and ADS-5 scores were significantly correlated. As the complexity of the design problem and designers’ experience increased, the effect of IQ on design seemingly intensified.1
6、Keywords·Architectural design studio·Intelligence quotient (IQ)·Human factors·Design thinkingDesign studio is considered the core of the design curriculum (Demirbaş and Demirkan, 2003). Researchers have described design studio as the center of architecture education (Schön, 1985,
7、Ochsner, 2000 and Vyas et al., 2013). Starting from an ill-defined problem (Schön, 1983), the development of ideas and solutions is evaluated through different types of critique (Oh et al., 2013). These procedures are common in all design studios. Social interaction and interperso
