intelligence test

intelligence test

noun Psychology.
any of various tests, as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale or the Stanford-Binet test, designed to measure the intellectual capacity of a person.


Origin:
1910–15
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intelligence test
 
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See also Binet-Simon scale any of a number of tests designed to measure a person's mental skills

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intelligence test

series of tasks designed to measure the capacity to make abstractions, to learn, and to deal with novel situations

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