PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.2: Factor Analysis, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
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Tom was an intelligent pianist but was blind there he was considered a savant : an individual with low mental capacity in most domains but with extraordinary abilities in other specific areas such as music, mathematics or arts. Intelligence involves considering variety of different perspectives. Implies that the individual has high levels of generalizable cognitive ability ; should manifest in many different domains. Scientific evidence for intelligence as a general ability was developed by charles. Spearman in 20th century using many diff techniques. One of them being factor analysis: a statistical technique that examines correlation between variables to find clusters of related variables or factors. For there to be an overarching general ability called intelligence , one would expect that tests of different types of abilities would all correlate with each other, forming only one factor. Found that school children"s grades in different school subject were positively correlated.
