PSYA02H3 Chapter 11: chapter 11
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Chapter 11: i n tell igence and t h i nk i ng. : person"s ability to learn and remember information, to recognize concepts and their relations, and to apply the information to their own behaviour in an adaptive way. differential approach: favours the development of tests that identify and measure individual differences in people"s abilities to solve problems, particularly those that use skills important in the classroom. developmental approach: studies the ways in which children learn to perceive, manipulate, and think about the world. Information processing approach: focuses on the types of skills people yse to think and solve various types of problems. charles spearman: determined by two factors: person"s information on a test of intellectual ability is. s factor: specific factor, a factor of intelligence that is specific to a particular task. karl pearson identifies common factors among groups of tests. and spearman developed factor analysis: a statistical procedure that.