A measure of mental ability as determined by psychological tests.
A score devised by Binet to represent a person’s test performance.
A measurement based on intelligence tests that shows a person’s intellectual development, usually compared to standardised data for a chronological age.
A numerical summary reflecting a child’s comparative performance on a mental ability or intelligence test, such as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, relating a child’s score to norms for others of the same age.
A numerical summary reflecting a child’s comparative performance on a mental ability or intelligence test, such as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, relating a child’s score to norms for others of the same age.
Age at which a person functions intellectually, determined by standardized tests.
A measure of an individual’s level of intellectual functioning; for example, someone described as having a mental age of 6 years would be functioning at the level of an average 6-year-old child. This measure has largely been replaced by a comparison of the functioning of persons of the same age group.
The age of a person with regard to mental ability, determined by a series of mental tests devised by Binet and expressed in terms of the chronological age of the average person showing the same level of attainment.
A gauge of a person’s intellectual progress compared to the typical age when that level of comprehension is reached. For instance, a 13-year-old with learning challenges might have the intellectual development of a 5-year-old.