Educational Psychology / Unit 8 EDP 0702 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Spearman's g
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The idea
Charles Spearman proposed a general intelligence factor, g, based on the positive correlations among scores on different test items, with specific abilities, called s, clustering beneath it.
In practice
A student strong in vocabulary tends also to do well in arithmetic and puzzles.
Where people slip
Whether intelligence is one ability or several is the question every later theory answers.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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