| HAWIC | Hamburg-Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children |
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| WAIS | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Western Angiographic and Interventional Society |
| WAIS-R | revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale |
| WIS | Wechsler Intelligence Scale |
| WISC | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children |
| 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) |
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| 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) |