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card-sorting test

card-sorting test

a test in which the participant is asked to sort randomly mixed cards into specific categories. Such tests may be used to determine frontal lobe functioning, learning ability, discriminatory powers, or clerical aptitude. See Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.

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