PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Lewis Terman, Grip Strength, Visual Acuity
3 Nov 2016
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A quality, unlike other quantifiable characteristics such as height and weight. Dependent on culture and what is useful at that time. Continues to be a source of controversy. Most psychologists now define intelligence as the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Agree that people have specific abilities, such as verbal and mathematical aptitudes. Debate: general intelligence (g) factor, proposed by charles spearman. L. l thurstone attempted to measure intelligence via 56 different tests. Mathematically, using factor analysis, identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities. Despite the 7 clusters of mental abilities, as trend appeared. A tendency for those who excel in one of the clusters to score well on others therefore, still some evidence of g factor. Abilities tend to correlate with other abilities. Satoshi kanazawa argues that general intelligence helps people solve novel problems, while more common problems require a different sort of intelligence.
