| intelligence | The ability to comprehend or understand. Origin: L. Intelligere = to understand (18 Nov 1997) |
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| intelligence quotient | <psychology> The psychologist's index of measured intelligence as one part of a two-part determination of intelligence, the other part being an index of adaptive behaviour and including such criteria as school grades or work performance. IQ is a score, or similar quantitative index, used to denote a person's standing relative to his age peers on a test of general ability, ordinarily expressed as a ratio between the person's score on a given test and the score which the average individual of comparable age attained on the same test, the ratio being computed by the psychologist or determined from a table of age norms, such as the various Wechsler intelligence scales. Acronym: IQ (21 Jun 2000) |
| intelligence test | <psychology> A standardised tests that measures the general ability or aptitude for intellectual performance. It involves a systematic method of administration and scoring, used to assess an individual's general aptitude or level of potential competence, in contrast to an achievement test. (21 Jun 2000) |
| abstract intelligence | The capacity to understand and manage abstract ideas and symbols. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| artificial intelligence | In a nutshell, artificial intellence (AI) is the study of how to create acomputer that can think like a human being. See also expert systems and machine learning. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale | A standardised scale for assessment of the cognitive development of infants between the ages of 3 and 30 months. (05 Mar 2000) |
| measured intelligence | That intelligence which can be ranked relative to an age or peer group quantitative index by use of scores on intelligence tests. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical intelligence | The capacity to understand and manage technical mechanisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wechsler intelligence scales | Continuously revised and updated standardised scale's for the measurement of general intelligence in preschool children (Wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence), in children (Wechsler intelligence scale for children), and in adults (Wechsler adult intelligence scale, the successor to the Wechsler-Bellevue scale). (05 Mar 2000) |
| social intelligence | The capacity to understand and manage one's human relations and social affairs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stanford-Binet intelligence scale | A standardised test for the measurement of intelligence consisting of a series of questions, graded according to the intelligence of normal children at different ages, the answers to which indicate the mental age of the person tested; primarily used with children, but also contains norms for adults standardised against adult age levels rather than those of children, as formerly was the case. Synonym: Binet test. (05 Mar 2000) |