Intellectual potential test

The technique was created in the Psychoneurological Institute (NIPNI) them. Bekhtereva based on the test of intellectual abilities of P. Rzhichan. The test of intellectual potential is a practical test of a non-verbal nature, independent of the cultural characteristics of the subjects. A high result is manifested in the ability of a person to understand the logical connections between objects and phenomena.

Intellectual potential test is used in the following cases:

• Evaluation of general intellectual abilities (humanitarian and technical index).
• Comprehensive diagnosis of the structure of intelligence.
• Correlation of the degree of development of the components of intelligence.
• Definition of professional orientation.
• Recognition of the level of creativity.
• Identification of potential (development of logic, selective attention, ability to learn).

The technique includes 4 trial and 29 basic tasks. Difficulty — ascending, 20 minutes are given for execution.

The structure of the test of intellectual potential

Factors included in the methodology of intellectual potential:

• numeric logic;
• the breadth of diverse knowledge;
• abstract thinking;
• general logic: comparison, synthesis, analysis, abstraction;
• text analysis;
• processing and interpretation of numerical and textual information.

The test is designed to reveal the development of different types of thinking in humans:

• approbation, real transformation (subject-effective);
• abstractness, generalization, isolation (abstract-symbolic);
• evidence, prudence (verbal-logical);
• imaginative operation, imagination (visual-figurative).

The test is valid and reliable in determining the regulatory level of development of general intellectual abilities.