Learning in which practice proceeds beyond the point where the act can just be performed with the required degree of excellence.

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

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

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.