ability to think, understand, reason, cognitively adapt to and overcome obstacles
intelligence
measure knowledge and thinking skills that an individual has acquired
Achievement tests
designed to measure an individual’s potential to perform well on a specific range of tasks
Aptitude tests
measurement of psychological traits and abilities – personality, attitudes, intelligence, etc.
Psychometrics
test that has a set of questions/problems that are administered and scored in a uniform way across large numbers of individuals
Standardized test
stats that allow individuals to be evaluated relative to typical or standard score
Norms
measures variability around a mean
Standard deviation