PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes -Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Takers, Psychometrics
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First - whether intelligence has many components and whether it predicts aca- demic success in school and success outside of school. Today generally accepted that intelligence is multifaceted. Second - whether heredity is more influential than environmental factors. And degree to which inherited factors can be altered by environment. Third - how important intelligence is to predicting children"s and adult"s success in school and in real-life situations. Intelligence composed of multiple abilities and not a single, general construct. Factor analysis - a statistical procedure used to determine which of a number of fac- tors or scores are both closely related to each other and relatively independent of other groups of factors or scores. Existence of general factor of cognitive ability. Derived from spearman"s original general factor (g) (proposed) General mental energy or ability that is involved in all cognitive tasks. High g expected to do generally well on all tasks. Specific factors (s) - unique to particular cognitive tasks.
