PSY 1102 Lecture 8: PSY1102F Chapter 10 part 1 Lecture NOTE 08

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Intelligence: infinite possible definition from scientists but there is no definite agreement on a meaning. There are some component that are in agreement u such as: Factor-analysis approach: in order to answer if there is 1 or multiple intelligence. Factor analysis: a statistical technique to identify the common factors that may underlie clusters of the items. Spearman: creator of factor analysis we do have different kinds of abilities, but they do not represent the multi-intelligence- (cid:862)s(cid:863) the one common factor is (cid:862)g(cid:863) the ge(cid:374)eral i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e o(cid:374)e (cid:862)g(cid:863) Thurstone: does not accept the existence of g, we have multi distinct, independent intelligence. Refusal of proof of g, with existence of g. Gardner: opposed the idea of g(general intelligence), no capture of variety (opposed the idea of multi intelligence as independent of each other). Logic: brain damage some ability loss, but some are intact with the person.