Gross Body Coordination
The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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| Read dials on the dashboard of a car | Read the fine print of a legal document | Detect minor defects in a diamond |
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Visualization
The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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| Imagine how to put paper in a typewriter so that the letterhead comes out on top | Follow a diagram to assemble a metal storage cabinet | Anticipate opponent's as well as your own future moves in a chess game |
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Information Ordering
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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| Put things in numerical order | Follow the correct steps to make change | Assemble a nuclear warhead |
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Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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| Separate laundry into colors and whites | Trace electrical circuits marked by various colored wires | Paint a color portrait of a live person |
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Category Flexibility
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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| Sort nails in a toolbox on the basis of length | Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell | Classify man-made fibers in terms of their strength, cost, flexibility, melting points, etc. |
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Originality
The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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| Use a credit card to open a locked door | Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees | Invent a new type of man-made fiber |
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Fluency of Ideas
The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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| Name four different uses for a screwdriver | Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company | Name all the possible strategies for a military battle |
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| Understand signs on the highway | Understand an apartment lease | Understand an instruction book on repairing missile guidance systems |
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Perceptual Speed
The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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| Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure | Read five temperature gauges in 10 seconds to make sure each temperature is within safe limits | Inspect electrical parts for defects as they flow by on a fast-moving assembly line |
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Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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| Understand a television commercial | Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport | Understand a lecture on advanced physics |
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