Standardized tests that measure the present general ability or aptitude for intellectual performance.

The ability to learn and to deal with new situations and to deal effectively with tasks involving abstractions.

The ability to understand and manage emotions and to use emotional knowledge to enhance thought and deal effectively with tasks. Components of emotional intelligence include empathy, self-motivation, self-awareness, self-regulation, and social skill. Emotional intelligence is a measurement of one's ability to socialize or relate to others.

Tests designed to measure intellectual functioning in children and adults.

A state of internal activity of an organism that is a necessary condition before a given stimulus will elicit a class of responses; e.g., a certain level of hunger (drive) must be present before food will elicit an eating response.

Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism obtains knowledge.

Disturbances in mental processes related to learning, thinking, reasoning, and judgment.

The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.

Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviors. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury.

Theory and development of COMPUTER SYSTEMS which perform tasks that normally require human intelligence. Such tasks may include speech recognition, LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; reasoning, PROBLEM SOLVING, DECISION-MAKING, and translation of language.

An individual intelligence test designed primarily for school children to predict school performance and the ability to adjust to everyday demands.