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mental tests

(Encyclopedia)mental tests: see intelligence; psychological tests. ...

psychological test

(Encyclopedia)psychological test, any of a variety of testing procedures for measuring psychological traits and behavior, or for studying some specialized aspect of ability. Several forms of testing have arisen fro...

intelligence

(Encyclopedia)intelligence, in psychology, the general mental ability involved in calculating, reasoning, perceiving relationships and analogies, learning quickly, storing and retrieving information, using language...

Enewetak

(Encyclopedia)Enewetak, Enewetok, or Eniwetok ĕnĭwēˈtŏk, ĕnēˈwĕtôk [key], circular atoll, central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain in the Marshall Islands. Enewetak is c.50 mi (80 km) in circumference and...

Semipalatinsk Test Site

(Encyclopedia)Semipalatinsk Test Site, Soviet nuclear testing site, c.6,950 sq mi (18,000 sq km), NE Kazakhstan, near the city of Kurchatov and some 90 mi (150 km) W of Semey (formerly Semipalatinsk). Between 1949 ...

Szondi test

(Encyclopedia)Szondi test: see psychological tests. ...

Terman, Lewis Madison

(Encyclopedia)Terman, Lewis Madison tûrˈmən [key], 1877–1956, American psychologist, b. Johnson co., Ind., grad. Indiana Univ., 1902, Ph.D. Clark Univ., 1905. He joined the faculty of Stanford in 1910 and was ...

thematic apperception test

(Encyclopedia)thematic apperception test: see psychological tests. ...

blood test

(Encyclopedia)blood test, examination of blood routinely or as an aid in diagnosing a suspected disease. Tests may be performed on whole blood or on the plasma portion only. Blood typing identifies the proteins at ...

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

(Encyclopedia)Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS): see psychological tests. ...