For the computer program, see aptitude (program).

An aptitude is an innate inborn ability to do a certain kind of work. Aptitudes may be physical or mental. aptitude is a front-end to APT. It displays a list of software packages and allows the user to interactively pick packages to install or remove. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ...

Intelligence and aptitudes

Aptitude and intelligence quotient are related, and in some ways opposite, views of human mental ability. Whereas intelligence quotient sees intelligence as being a single measurable characteristic affecting all mental ability, aptitude breaks mental ability down into many different characteristics which are supposed to be more or less independent of each other. However, a casual analysis of any group of test scores will nearly always show them to be highly correlated. The U.S. Department of Labor's General Learning Ability, for instance, is determined by combining Verbal, Numerical and Spatial aptitude subtests. In a given person some may be relatively low and others relatively high. In the context of an aptitude test the "high" and "low" scores are usually not far apart, because all ability test scores tend to be correlated. Aptitude is better applied intra-individually to determine what tasks a given individual is relatively more skilled at performing. Inter-individual aptitude differences are typically not very significant due to IQ differences. Of course this assumes individuals have not already been pre-screened for IQ though some other process such as SAT scores, GRE scores, finishing medical school, etc. IQ tests are designed to give approximately this Gaussian distribution. ... General Learning Ability is an Aptitude, commonly referred to as the G score, defined as the ability to catch on or understand instructions and underlying principles; ability to reason and make judgements. ...

Skills, Abilities and Aptitudes

Skills, abilities, and aptitudes are similarly related but distinct, descriptions of what a person can do, and should not be conflated. Skills are a backward looking description. Skills describe what a person has learned to do in the past. Abilities are a present description. Abilities describe what a person can do now. Aptitudes are a forward looking description. Aptitudes describe what a person has the ability to do in the future. They describe what a person can learn to do. A skill is an ability, usually learned, to perform actions. ... Ability is one of the many ilities. ...

Aptitude batteries

Aptitudes are generally tested in the form of an Aptitude Battery which tests a large number of aptitudes at one time with a series of small tests for each aptitude. Aptitude batteries may lean more toward innate aptitudes or more toward learned skills. Batteries that lean toward learned skills are frequently called aptitude tests. An example that leans both ways is the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). Aptitude batteries that lean toward aptitudes are often useful in selecting a career. Another test used in schools and agencies that combines interest and aptitude for career guidance is Careerscope. MANAGEMENT APTITUDE TESTS ... Look up test in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States armed forces. ... CareerScope is a timed interest and aptitude assessment for career guidance that schools and agencies use. ...

See also

• Aptitude Tests
• Talent
• Intellectual giftedness

In education, certification, counselling, and many other fields, a test or exam (short for examination) is a tool or technique intended to measure students expression of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. ... Talent refers to a special aptitude, faculty or gift of a person. ... Intellectual giftedness is a completely irrational myth. ...

External links

• The Highlands Ability Battery
• Vocational Research Institute
• The Ball Aptitude Battery
• Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation
• Cognitive Styles and Implications for the Engineering Curriculum
• History of Aptitude Testing
• The Rockport Institute