Designed by Richard Woodcock and Mary E. Bonner Johnson , these tests are meant to be for people of all age groups, including children as young as two years.
In these tests, 7 mental capabilities are tested including:
- Fluid intelligence: Quantitative Reasoning, Induction, General Sequential Reasoning
- Spatial-visual intelligence: Mental rotation, Visualization, Spatial relations, Visual memory
- Short term memory: Working Memory, Memory span
- Auditory processing: Phonetic coding, Word fluency
- Processing speed: Perceptual speed
- Long term retrieval: Ideational Fluency, Associative memory
- Crystallized intelligence: General Information, Listening Ability, Language Development & Lexical Knowledge