GATB Aptitude Definitions
G: Intelligence
General learning ability. The ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgements. Closely related to doing well in school.
V: Verbal
Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly.
N: Numerical
Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
S: Spatial
Ability to comprehend forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects. May be used in such tasks as blueprint reading and in solving geometry problems. Frequently described as the ability to "visualize" objects of two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms.
P: Form Perception
Ability to perceive pertinent detail in objects or in pictorial or graphic material. To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines.
Q: Clerical Perception
Ability to see pertinent detail in verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proof-read words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic operations.
K: Motor Coordination
Ability to coordinate eyes and hands or fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly.
F: Finger Dexterity
Ability to move the fingers and manipulate small objects with fingers rapidly or accurately.
M: Manual Dexterity
Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully. To work with the hands in placing and turning motions.
E: Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination
Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli.
C: Color Discrimination
Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors, or in shades or other values of the same color; to identify a particular color, or to recognize harmonious or contrasting color combinations, or to match colors accurately.
