Psychology 2040A/B Chapter 9: chapter 9 page 1
18 Dec 2011
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Psychometric approach: a theoretical perspective that portrays intelligence as a trait (or set of traits) on which individuals differ; psychometric theorists are responsible for the development of standardized intelligence tests. Early multicomponent theories of intelligence: spearman intellectual performance has 2 aspects. G (general mental factor): abbreviation for neogenesis, which, roughly translated, means one"s ability to understand relations (general mental ability) S: mental abilities that are specific to particular tests: thurstone also took factor analysis approach. Got this number first by classifying cognitive tasks into 3 major dimensions: Later multicomponent theories of intelligence: content (what the person must think about, operations (what kind of thinking is the person asked to perform, products (what kind of answer is required) Then he said there are 5 kinds of intellectual contents, 6 mental operations and 6 intellectual products (5 x 6 x 6= 180) structure of intellect model.
