psychometric view of intelligence

psychometric view of intelligence

1. spearman's positive manifold

   • tendency for there to be more positive correlations than negative ones

2. g/domain general characteristic of mind

   • g
     • a single intellectual capacity that underlies the positive correlations among different tests of intelligence
   • factor analysis
     • a statistical method that uncovers the particular characteristics (factors) that make scores more or less similar
   • s
     • aspects of performance that are particular to a given kind of processing—and distinct from g
   • primary mental abilities
     • according to Thurstone, seven fundamental abilities that are the components of intelligence and are distinct from other abilities

3. IQ tests

   • Wechsler tests
   • verbal subtests
   • performance subtests