PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Neuroglia, Psy, Inductive Reasoning
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Psychometric approach ability that underlie test performance. Psychometric: maps the structure of intellect and specifies the kinds of mental. Cognitive: studies specific thought processes that underlie mental competencies. Psychometrics statistical study of psychological tests. Standardization, reliability, and validity are all psychometric concepts. Tries to identify and measure abilities that underlie individual differences in performance on tests. Some believe intelligence is a single global mental capacity, while others regard it is a set of specific abilities to do different types of thinking. Charles spearman found that school grades among different subjects were highly correlated, but were not perfect. Concluded that intellectual performance is determined partly by general intelligence ( g ) and partly by other special abilities required to perform a particular task. Example: performance in a mathematics course would depend mainly on the g factor of the individual, but also ability to learn mathematics.
