PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Charles Spearman
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Error of reification: act of treating a named entity as if it were a concrete entity. > by naming the entity, we often come to believe that it exists charles spearman created factor analysis there is one factor: g (general mental ability) g a, b, c, d, e, f . Although g still exists, many people have expressed dissatisfaction with this view of intelligence . People don"t usually lie in 1 of these categories. but rather exhibit mixtures of the various types. generally exhibit mixtures of strong, intermediate, and weak intelligences. The ability to: reason abstractly, learn to adapt to novel environmental circumstances, acquire knowledge, benefit from experience. The nature of creativity: creativity involves generating novel approaches to problems: that are both useful and appropriate to the context or problem. intelligence and creativity are correlated, but only moderately so. > there is some evidence that divergent thinking contributes to creative thinking.
