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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Nervous system activity was assessed at rest, during a 10-minute period in which the subjects breathed a low-oxygen mixture and during a three-minute mental stress test.  1, record 1, English, - mental%20stress%20test

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Des psychiatres américains montrent que l'épreuve de stress mental donne de meilleurs résultats que le test d’effort physique pour prédire le risque d’infarctus du myocarde chez les coronariens.  1, record 1, French, - %C3%A9preuve%20de%20stress%20mental

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A relatively unstructured, yet standard, situation to which a testee is asked to respond, but with as few restrictions as possible upon the mode of response. ... It is postulated that, since the situation and directions do not specify the response, one's enduring propensities, or one's current mood, will determine the response. Inkblots, cloud pictures, cartoons, vaguely defined pictures ... have been used as materials. Test responses are usually analyzed for personality characteristics, but they may also reveal certain modes of cognition.  2, record 2, English, - projective%20test

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Although "projective test" is sometimes used as a synonym of "projective technique" and "projective method", the term "projective test" refers to a standard situation used in implementing the projective technique or method.  3, record 2, English, - projective%20test

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Also used in counselling.  4, record 2, English, - projective%20test

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Tout test mental faisant appel à la technique projective.  3, record 2, French, - test%20de%20projection

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Test également utilisé en counselling.  4, record 2, French, - test%20de%20projection

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Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Test designed to measure the intellectual abilities and scholastic aptitude of a subject.  5, record 3, English, - intelligence%20test

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 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, ...  3, record 3, English, - intelligence%20test

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 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.  6, record 3, French, - test%20d%26rsquo%3Bintelligence

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 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».  7, record 3, French, - test%20d%26rsquo%3Bintelligence

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Assessment of] memory functions. Used for adult subjects with special problems such as aphasics, elderly, and organically brain-injured. Description: Brief, seven subtest scale yielding a memory quotient.  2, record 4, English, - Wechsler%20Memory%20Scale

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'échelle clinique de mémoire de Daniel Wechsler [...] comprend sept subtests : 1. Renseignements personnels et information générale sur le sujet. 2. Orientation temporospatiale. 3. Contrôle mental(compte à rebours, récitation de l'alphabet, comptage trois par trois). 4. Mémoire logique(nombre d’idées mémorisées dans un texte). 5. Mémoire immédiate des chiffres. 6. Mémoire de figures géométriques(à reproduire). 7. Mémoire de mots couplés. [...] Ce test permet d’obtenir pour chaque sujet un quotient mémoire(Q. M.) et une mesure de sa détérioration mnésique éventuelle [...]  1, record 4, French, - %C3%A9chelle%20clinique%20de%20m%C3%A9moire%20de%20Daniel%20Wechsler

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Ratio or educational age (EA) to mental age (MA).  2, record 5, English, - accomplishment%20quotient

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Rapport de l'âge obtenu à un test de développement(tel que le niveau scolaire) à l'âge mental [...]  1, record 5, French, - quotient%20de%20rendement

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Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

one's delimitation of mental ability should perforce, determine the kinds of criteria by which one validates a mental test.  2, record 7, English, - mental%20test

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

on appelle test mental une situation expérimental standardisée servant de stimulus à un comportement.  2, record 7, French, - test%20mental

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... the degree to which the actually obtained scores correspond with an independent set of scores (called criterion scores or measures) obtained from the same sample [population]. The criterion scores are supposed to be an approximation to the true scores on the variable being measured.  2, record 8, English, - empirical%20validity

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Students' scores on a test of academic aptitude, for example, may be compared with their school grades (a commonly used criterion).  3, record 8, English, - empirical%20validity

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

(...) liaison existant entre les résultats à un test et un critère extérieur, indépendant, et constituant une mesure de ce que le test est censé prédire. Les coefficients de corrélation statistique sont les indices utilisés le plus souvent pour définir le degré de liaison entre les résultats à un test et le critère considéré.(...) Les principaux critères utilisé [sont](...) la maturation [âge mental;](...) les résultats scolaires(...) ;les estimations portées par des supérieurs(...) ;les corrélations avec un autre test(...) ;la consistance interne(...)  1, record 8, French, - validit%C3%A9%20empirique

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish