PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Stereotype Threat, Job Performance, Falsifiability
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Intelligence as a single, general ability: factor analysis: (spearman) a statistical technique that examines correlations between variables to find clusters of related variables or factors , spearman"s general intelligence. General intelligence factor (g): (spearman) represents a person"s mental energy, reflecting spearman"s belief that some people"s brains are simply more. Has influenced psychologists the notion of intelligence is a basic cognitive trait comprising the ability to learn, reason, and solve problems, regardless of their nature. Possible that the effects of g are due to motivation. There may be many ways of being intelligent, and reducing all of that diversity to a single number seems to overlook the different types of intelligence that people have. Word fluency: ability to pronounce language fluently. Chapter 9. 2: understanding intelligence: thurstone argue that there is no meaningful g, but that intelligence needed to be understood at the primary mental abilities.
