Intelligence

Question 1

Spearman’s 2-factor theory (g factor)

Answer 1

• People who perform well on one cognitive test tended to perform well on others
• Those who score badly on one test tended to score badly on others

Question 2

General Cognitive ability (g)

Answer 2

• Pervades performance on all tasks requiring intelligence

- Regardless of the task, if it required intelligence, it required g

Question 3

Specific Intelligence (s factor)

Answer 3

-Specifically related to each particular task

Question 4

Thurstone 7 primary mental abilities

Answer 4

• Verbal Comprehension: knowledge of vocabulary and in reading
• Verbal Fluency: writing and producing words
• Number: solving simple numerical computation and arithmetical reasoning problems
• Spatial Visualization: visualizing and manipulating objects, such as fitting a set of suitcases into a car trunk
• Inductive Reasoning: completing a number of series or predicting the future bases on past experience
• Memory: recalling people’s names or faces
• Perceptual Speed: rapid proofreading to discover typographical errors in a text