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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE TEST [7 records]

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Record 1 2014-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

A general intelligence test consisting of a number of performance tests, such as block designs, form boards, figure-completion tests...

CONT

Arthur Point Scale of Performance Tests. Combining the most promising performance tests then available, Form I was first released in 1930. The scale consists of the following nine tests ...: 1. Knox Cube. 2. Seguin Form Board. 3. Two-Figure Form Board .... 5. Manikin .... 6. Male and Foal .... 7. Healy Picture Completion I .... 8. Porteus Mazes. 9. Kohs Block Design .... In 1947, a Revised Form II of the ... scale was issued. This form ... consists of only five tests ....

Key term(s)
  • Arthur Point Scale of Performance Test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

L'échelle de performance de Grace Arthur qui comportait en 1930 deux formes avec neuf subtests; sa forme révisée en 1947, et qui existe en matériel français, comporte cinq subtests : les cubes de Knox, le test de Séguin, le test des pochoirs (Stencil Design Test), les labyrinthes de Porteus et les planches de Healy. Cette échelle est recommandée pour l'examen intellectuel des sourds et des sujets ayant des difficultés linguistiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Labour and Employment
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
OBS

Public Service Commission of Canada. The purpose of the General Intelligence Test 310 is to assess an individual' s general cognitive ability-the ability to use reasoning to solve problems at the level typically associated with the completion of university. It can serve as an alternative to a university education requirement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Travail et emploi
  • Docimologie
OBS

Commission de la fonction publique du Canada. L'Examen d'intelligence générale 310 a pour but d’évaluer la capacité cognitive générale d’une personne, soit la capacité de raisonnement pour régler des problèmes après qu’on a terminé des études universitaires. Cet examen peut remplacer le diplôme d'études universitaires requis.

Spanish

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Record 3 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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Record 4 2009-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

Test designed to measure the intellectual abilities and scholastic aptitude of a subject.

CONT

... the general abilities or intelligence test is the most common instrument found in modern employment testing batteries. [It] usually consists of measurement of such capacities as verbal ability, abstract reasoning, quantitative(arithmetical) reasoning,...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

Les tests d'intelligence en général servent à mesurer la capacité d'apprendre, de comprendre et d'assimiler ainsi que l'habileté à résoudre un problème. [...] Dans les tests d'intelligence, plusieurs facteurs sont mesurés. On retrouve, entre autres, les items suivants: la culture générale, le raisonnement mathématique, le raisonnement par analogie, la perception et le vocabulaire.

OBS

On trouve dans certains ouvrages les termes «test d'efficience» et «test mental» pour désigner un test d'intelligence. Sans être fautifs, ces termes restent trop généraux pour servir d'équivalents français d'«intelligence test».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratación de personal
  • Psicometría y psicotécnica
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Record 5 1999-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

This IQ test measures several factors of intelligence, namely logical reasoning, math skills and general knowledge. It also measures your ability to classify things according to various attributes, and to see analogies and relations among concepts or things. It doesn’t take into consideration verbal, social, or emotional intelligence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

(Condition) influençant la différence entre les capacités cognitives.

OBS

Sparman, par ex., analysant les performances des mêmes sujets à plusieurs tests d'intelligence, trouve, après le traitement statistique des intercorrélations, un facteur général d'intelligence (facteur g.) à côté duquel ont été dégagés des facteurs spécifiques.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

This test examines general intelligence, visuospatial skill, visually guided motor planning, and the ability to obey rules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Test de personnalité consistant à retrouver et tracer son chemin dans le dessin d'un labyrinthe.

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

In general, a set of numbers assigned to some aspect of objects or events according to some rule. The term is also used in a more limited sense to refer to a well-standardized test, such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

OBS

Note: Term defined in a specialized glossary of psychometrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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