PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Reading Disability, Divergent Thinking, Convergent Thinking
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Factor analytic approach some believe that intelligence is a unitary/simple ability that affects everything a person does factor analysis: stat procedure that can determine which of several factors/scores are closely related to one another without overlapping each other"s contribution. Spearman proposed that intelligence is composed of general factors (g) and specific factors (s) General factors: general mental energy, or ability that was involved in all cog tasks high in g would be expected to do well on all tasks. Specific factors: factors unique to particular cog tasks variation on diff tasks could be attributed to these. Thurstone proposed that 7 primary skills comprise intelligence: verbal meaning, perceptual speed, reasoning, number, rate memory , word fluency and spacial visualization. Carroll confirmed the existence of a general factor of cog ability. Ppl who do well on one kind of cog test are likely to do well on other such tests.
