"In fact, studying strategy actually strengthens IQ: Studies on children who take extra chess classes show higher intelligence scores, stronger visual-spatial ability, and better math problem solving and mental arithmetic than peers without that training, and the researchers argue that chess practice and cognitive ability feed each other (i.e., it's not just that chess attracts cognitively advanced kids-it also sharpens their higher-order skills even more) (Yakushina et al., 2025)."
"It stands to reason, then, that those with IQs over 130 enjoy the kind of onscreen entertainment that offers the opportunity to study strategy. And RHOC displays strategy in spades."
People with high IQs are especially drawn to strategy-heavy, rule-complex games and activities. Studying strategy can strengthen cognitive abilities; chess instruction correlates with higher intelligence scores, stronger visual-spatial skills, and improved math problem solving, and practice and ability reinforce each other (Yakushina et al., 2025). Individuals with IQs over 130 therefore enjoy onscreen entertainment that allows analysis of strategy. RHOC portrays strategic behavior through rhetoric, deflection, and alliance-building. RHOC also provides viewers the chance to evaluate strategies and persuasive arguments from multiple angles.
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