


g: Short for general intelligence a construct developed in psychometric investigations of cognitive abilities that summarizes positive correlations among different cognitive tasks.intelligence quotient: A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure intelligence.These tests focus on measuring " g ", or general intelligence, rather than specific skill sets. Two supposedly culture-fair intelligence tests are Cattell's Culture-Fair Intelligence test and Raven's Progressive Matrices.Critics claim that environmental factors, such as quality of education and school systems, lead to cultural discrepancies in test scores.The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale formed the basis for one of the modern intelligence tests that remains in common use.

