Intelligence test...
Emotional Intelligence Quotient: Assessing human intelligence has always been used to evaluate the intellectual levels of people. However, intelligence is hard to measure since there are many variations, and just as many ways of gauging it.
These days EQ, or emotional quotient, is a much bandied about term. Emotional intelligence test, also known as emotional intelligence quotient, is one of the forms of intelligence that is widely tested today. The test helps to determine a person’s ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess and manage the emotion of oneself, of others and of groups. The Mayer and Salovey emotional intelligence test, Goleman’s five emotional competencies, and emotional appraisal by Bradberry and Greaves are some of the models on which emotional intelligence tests are designed.
According to researchers, if a person’s emotional quotient is 80 and the intelligence quotient is average, chances are that he or she is, or will be, very successful.
Multiple intelligence tests: The multiple intelligence tests that we see today have come into being because of Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. According to the Gardner theory, there are eight kinds of intelligences, and each person has different levels of them, which determine his/her cognitive profile.
The original seven areas of intelligences, according to Gardner, are linguistics, logical-mathematics, visual-spatial abilities, body-kinesthetic, music, interpersonal and intrapersonal aptitudes. He added the eighth, naturalistic intelligence, later in 1999, and there is an ongoing debate whether there is an existential and/or moral intelligence.
The theory of Howard Gardner is widely accepted, as well as criticized. The critics say that Gardner’s theory does not imply intelligence as such, but what is traditionally known as ability, and some of the new entries do not have proper empirical evidence to back them up. Nevertheless, it is growing in popularity with educationists, who are applying it in order to assess the intelligence level of students to teach them according to their standards, and numerous websites have been set up, which provide people with multiple intelligence tests.
Kaufman brief intelligence test: K-BIT or Kaufman brief intelligence test is a quick test for people aged from four to adulthood. The Kaufman brief intelligence test measures both verbal and non-verbal intelligence, yielding vocabulary, matrices and IQ composite scores. The positive point is it is simple to administer, with the questions being objective in nature, making it easy for examiners, and even for those who do not have formal training in intelligence assessment.
Those who have some kind of physical impairment, like visual disability, hearing disability and learning disability can also attempt the Kaufman brief test. There is a section especially designed for them, which is known as the nonverbal intelligence test.
Other free intelligence tests: In addition to the intelligence tests mentioned, which can be attempted by logging on to the relevant websites, which are free, there are other recognized intelligence tests, which are also offered free on the web. Models or ideas of renowned people support these intelligence tests. Some of the famous intelligence tests are Mensa intelligence test, Stanford Binet, Wechsler Abbreviated scale of intelligence and Slosson intelligence test.
While the Slosson intelligence test will tell you about your general verbal cognitive ability, the Stanford Binet is a standard intelligence quotient indicator that evaluates five major intelligence factors, namely fluid reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, and working memory.
The Wechsler tests are used for rating intelligence scales based on David Wechsler’s philosophy that intelligence is the global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with one's environment. He concentrated on improving the value of quotient in intelligence by assigning an arbitrary value, so that the results are more accurate.
A person, with a high Intelligence Quotient can become a member of Mensa International, a well-known high IQ society when he or she answers the Mensa intelligence tests. In addition to encouraging social interaction among its members, it is also involved with programs for gifted children, literary activities and scholarships. The condition for entering Mensa society is that the potential member should score within the top 2% (98%) of any approved standardized intelligence test.