CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who supported the idea of general intelligence or (g) factor?
A
Spearman
B
Gardner
C
Thurstone
D
Sternberg
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Spearman developed his two-factor theory of intelligence using factor analysis. His research not only led him to develop the concept of the g factor of general intelligence, but also the s factor of specific intellectual abilities.

Detailed explanation-2: -The existence of the g factor was originally proposed by the English psychologist Charles Spearman in the early years of the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -The scientific idea of general intelligence, often called ‘g’, was initially introduced by Charles Spearman in 1904. According to Spearman, people have varying amount of general intelligence that are used in most cognitive tasks.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spearman’s General Intelligence (g) Charles Spearman, an English psychologist, established the two-factor theory of intelligence back in 1904 (Spearman, 1904). To arrive at this theory, Spearman used a technique known as factor analysis.

Detailed explanation-5: -He proposed that intelligence consists of two factors, i.e., the ”g” factor (general ability) and the ”s” factor (specific ability), where the ”g” factor is involved in every general mental ability task of the person, and the ”s” factor is responsible for only the specific intellectual abilities of the person.

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