Glossary I
Glossary I
Deutsch: Intelligenz / Español: Inteligencia / Português: Inteligência / Français: Intelligence / Italiano: Intelligenza /
Intelligence refers to an overall capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment.
Intelligence quotient is a term developed by Stern in 1938 to address problems with using the difference between chronological age and mental age to represent deviance. Typically, a deviation IQ score is used.
Intelligence test refers to a questionnaire or series of exercises designed to measure intelligence. It is generally understood that intelligence tests are less a measure of innate ability to learn as of what the person tested has already learned. There are many types of intelligence tests, and they may measure learning and/or ability in a wide variety of areas and skills. Scores may be presented as an IQ (intelligence quotient ), a mental age, or on a scale.