CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INTELLIGENCE AND ITS THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Charles Spearman created the Two Factor Theory of Intelligence.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Spearman published his two-factor theory of intelligence in the year 1904. He was the founding person of the concept of general intelligence called the “g” factor. He analysed different mental aptitude and cognitive tests attempted by the participants to form this theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spearman’s two-factor theory proposes that intelligence has two components: general intelligence ("g") and specific ability ("s"). To explain the differences in performance on different tasks, Spearman hypothesized that the “s” component was specific to a certain aspect of intelligence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Charles Edward Spearman (September 10, 1863-September 7, 1945) was an English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of factor analysis, and for Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. He also did seminal work on human intelligence, including the discovery of the g factor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spearman’s Two-Factor Theory: The English psychologist, Charles Spearman (1863-1945), in 1904 proposed his theory of intelligence called two-factor theory. According to him intellectual abilities are comprised of two factors, namely; the general ability known as G-factor and specific Abilities known as S-factors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Therefore, Spearman’s Two Factor Theory is also known as eclectic theory.

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