Types of Assessment of Intelligence
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Intelligence can be understood as acquiring knowledge and skills that mean an individual is creative, analytical, practical, logical, a good decision-maker, fast problem solver which are requirements of society.
An intelligence test is a process of checking a person’s intellectual potential through various tasks such as different types of reasoning and dealing with novel situations. This is done to understand the person’s IQ level. The first intelligence test was developed by Psychologist Alfred Binet in the early 1900s to help the French government identify schoolchildren that needed extra help in academics. The term “intelligence quotient” or “IQ” was given by the German psychologist William Stern in the early 20th century. There are different types of Assessment of Intelligence which we will look into below.
Types of Assessment of Intelligence
There are two forms of Intelligence tests:
Verbal Intelligence
It is related to solving language-based problems using the information one has gathered.
Non-verbal Intelligence
It is related to solving logical and visualization problems where language is not required.
There are three types of Intelligence tests:
Individual Tests
In this type of test, one individual is tested at a time.
Group Tests
In this type of test, a group of people is tested at the same time.
Performance Test
This type of test is concerned with illiterate persons. These tests mostly involve the solution of certain patterns or solving problems related to concrete material.
These assessments for checking a person’s intelligence have proved to be helpful so far. IQ testing is one form of measuring someone’s intelligence but is the most significant way of doing so.
