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Besides Verbal Intelligence, psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner believes that there are 8 other intelligence types: Logical-Mathematical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Visual-Spatial, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Naturalistic, and Existential.
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The Verbal IQ Test measures one factor of intelligence, namely verbal intelligence. Verbal intelligence is a major part of one’s intellectual capacity. Although verbal skills make up only a fraction of what is known collectively as intelligence, this kind of "word smarts" tends to be quite useful in our society. Reading, writing, and speaking is heavily employed in our academic, social, personal, and professional lives. In fact, a great deal of research has indicated that the verbal component of intelligence is most predictive of success in a wide variety of jobs. Verbal intelligence is reflected in the ability to express oneself in words as well as to read, write, and interpret written and spoken language. Verbal skills are also essential tools for gaining knowledge on other subjects that have no direct relationship to verbal disciplines (math, physics, economics, and even raising pigeons). If a person has good verbal skills, they possess one of the most important keys to learning about the world around them.
In addition to a global score, the test-taker’s performance has been broken down into three subsections, each assessing a different component of verbal intelligence.
Vocabulary
This component of the test assesses the scope of an individual’s existing vocabulary and his/her ability to determine the meanings of words from written context. The questions asked to determine the level of vocabulary include definitions, antonyms, and fill-in-the-blanks.
Reading comprehension
In this part of the test, the ability to read and understand a body of text is assessed. The text comprehension questions also measure one’s ability to make inferences based on what he/she has read.
Analogies
This segment of the test assesses the capacity for understanding relationships between words. Not only is the test-taker employing verbal skills, but he/she is also applying logical reasoning to see analogous relationships and to extrapolate upon them.
Note:
No adjustments are made for gender or for age.
This test doesn’t take into consideration such areas of intelligence as mathematical ability, social smarts or emotional intelligence.
Performance also depends on factors other than those assessed by this test. For example, fatigue, formal education level and area of study, training, practice, number of similar tests taken, and so on are all factors that can influence the score without necessarily reflecting the test-taker’s true potential.
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