PSYC 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Intellectual Disability, Factor Analysis

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Karl Hennig

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