PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Broad Group, Operational Definition, Factor Analysis
Document Summary
Theories and individual tests of intelligence and achievement. It is one of the most highly researched topics in psychology. Interestingly, psychologists are better at measuring intelligence than conceptualizing it! Defines a concept by the way it is measured. Tells the true nature of what is being defined. Eastern conceptualizations emphasize benevolence, humility, freedom from conventional standards of judgment, and doing what is right. African views place heavy emphasis on social aspects such as maintaining harmonious and stable intergroup relations - intelligence in the end is the test that we use. Theory that intelligence was underwritten by keen sensory abilities. Largely viewed as a psychometric dead end . Vestiges of this approach appear in modern chronometric analysis of intelligence. General factor (g) - general intelligence - some part of the brain that is just general intelligence - it will be associated with specific factors. Specific factors (s1, s2, s3, and so on)
