[PSYC 102] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (249 pages long)
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What are some key words that describe it or the qualities an intelligent person may have: problem solving, street smarts, memorize, processing speed. It is a summary term for a multitude of abstract human capabilities. E. g. , arithmetic skill, abstract reasoning, memory capabilities, etc. Accordingly and not unlike many psychological constructs it is an abstraction of many abstractions. It is i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t to re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er that it does(cid:374)"t refle(cid:272)t a real e(cid:374)tit(cid:455) i(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455) se(cid:374)se (as is also true for each of the abstractions which it combines) By naming the entity, we often come to believe that it exists. Usually also has a different agenda they want to show what they want the world to look like if everyone was (cid:862)i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)t(cid:863) Charles spearman (1863-1945: was a psychologist and statistician, he was famous for developing factor analysis. Realized that there is only one factor, there is one value of intelligence. A, b, c, d, e, f all equals g.