单词 | intelligence test |
释义 | intelligence testn. A test of intelligence; spec. †(a) (chiefly U.S.) an educational qualification for the right to vote (obsolete); (b) (in later use) Psychology a problem-solving test intended to determine the intelligence quotient of a person (cf. psychometric test n. (b) at psychometric adj. Compounds).See also intelligence tester n., intelligence testing n. at intelligence n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one of principles on which right based franchise1831 intelligence test1857 1857 Caledonian Mercury 7 Apr. A vote to every man holding a University degree (which is the intelligence test,—the best of all if it could be worked). 1869 Newport (Rhode Island) Jrnl. 12 Feb. 2/4 It is certainly dangerous for the country to extend ignorant suffrage. We should have been glad to see the intelligence test applied in the reconstructed States. 1894 Polit. Sci. Q. 9 698 The only state to appeal directly and successfully to the intelligence test has been Mississippi. 1906 Biometrika 5 122 It may help to convince the anatomist and old school anthropologist that head measurements are not of real service as intelligence tests. 1910 Psychol. Bull. 7 349 Binet's Intelligence Tests are strongly recommended for use in grading school children according to endowment. 1948 J. W. Bridges Psychol. xxiv. 352 The moron has an I.Q. of 50 to 70..and the idiot below 20. This distinction is made on the basis of intelligence test results and is consequently not very reliable. 1979 Bks. & Bookmen Jan. 43/1 Of those who could be given reliable intelligence tests, thirty-two per cent were defective, with an IQ below fifty. 2008 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 20 July 4 Schools will choose from a range of tests that examine pupils' ability in reading and numeracy. In addition, some may use cognitive and intelligence tests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857 |
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