CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Thurstone opposed Spearman’s idea of a general intelligence. Instead he believed that there were ____ primary mental abilities.
A
2
B
7
C
8
D
9
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The broad abilities recognized by the model are fluid intelligence (Gf), crystallized intelligence (Gc), general memory and learning (Gy), broad visual perception (Gv), broad auditory perception (Gu), broad retrieval ability (Gr), broad cognitive speediness (Gs), and processing speed (Gt).

Detailed explanation-2: -L. L. Thurstone tested subjects on 56 different abilities; from his data he established seven primary mental abilities relating to intelligence. He categorized them as: spatial ability, numerical ability, word fluency, memory, perceptual speed, verbal comprehension, and inductive reasoning.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thurstone believed that the nine factors he identified, when taken together, make up intelligence. Gardner, on the other hand, proposes that the seven different intelligences are independent of each other.

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