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SPACIAL ABILITY TEST [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

Test used in personnel selection, etc, of ability to judge and manipulate shapes and sizes, as an element of general intelligence, having a special significance in freehand drawing and technical drawing.

OBS

Examples of spatial ability or aptitude tests include the Morrisby Shapes Test, the NIIP Group Tests 80A, 81 and 82, the NIIP Form Relations Test, and the Revised Minnesota Paper Form Board.

OBS

See also psychological testing and aptitude tests.

Key term(s)
  • spacial ability test
  • spacial aptitude test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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