PSYC37H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Standard Deviation, Content Validity, Online Analytical Processing
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9 theories of intelligence and the binet scale. Unfortunately, of all the major concepts in the field of testing, intelligence is among the most elusive. Past definitions of intelligence: such definitions reflect the more general trends and theories that researchers follow; more recent views depict intelligence as a blend of abilities, including personality and aspects of memory. Alfred binet the tendency to take and maintain a definite direction; the capacity to make adaptations for the purpose of attaining a desired end, and the power of adaptation . Spearman, by contrast, defined intelligence as the ability to educe either relations or correlates. Freeman adjustment or adaptation of the individual to his total environment, the ability to learn, and the ability to carry on abstract thinking . Das the ability to plan and structure one"s behaviour with an end in view .
