GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
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Question
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Charles Spearman
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L.L. Thurstone
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Howard Gardner
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Robert Sternberg
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Detailed explanation-1: -Louis Leon Thurstone proposed theory in 1930’s that intelligence is composed of several different factors. The seven primary mental abilities in Thurstone’s model were verbal comprehension, word fluency, number facility, spatial visualization, associative memory, perceptual speed and reasoning.
Detailed explanation-2: -These multiple intelligences were first developed by Dr. Howard Gardner in 1983. Gardner was a professor of education at Harvard University and his theory proposed a whole host of intelligences, many of which were not measured on standard I.Q.
Detailed explanation-3: -“G” and “S” factors of two-factor theory Spearman proposed that intelligence consists of two factors which are the “g” factor and “s” factor. The “g” factor is linked to the general ability, while the “s” factor is linked to the specific ability.