Definition
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a standardized assessment of general intelligence or cognitive ability.
Introduction
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a standardized assessment of general intelligence, also known as g or general cognitive ability. Because of its short administration time, it is considered an efficient way to assess individuals’ general intelligence. It is primarily used to predict the future job performance of job candidates in a pre-employment testing context (Bell et al. 2002). The Wonderlic Personnel Test has been in use since 1937 (Wonderlic 2014a, 2016a).
Test Format and Content
The Wonderlic Personnel Test is a self-administered measure of general intelligence. The test-taker reads the instructions, completes the sample questions, and completes the test questions on their own. There are two versions of the test currently available: the full version (Wonderlic...
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Bell, N. L., Matthews, T. D., Lassiter, K. S., & Leverett, J. P. (2002). Validity of the Wonderlic Personnel Test as a measure of fluid or crystallized intelligence: Implications for career assessment. North American Journal of Psychology, 4, 113–120.
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Wonderlic Inc. (1999). Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised: User’s manual. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Serivices.
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Wonderlic, Inc. (2014b). Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT-R). http://www.wonderlic.com/sites/default/files/u7/WonderlicPersonnelTest_WPT-R_Brochure.pdf
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Wonderlic, Inc. (2016b). Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT-R) features. http://www.wonderlic.com/assessments/ability/cognitive-ability-tests/contemporary-cognitive-ability-test
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Bonaccio, S. (2016). Wonderlic Personnel Test. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1038-1
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