Intelligence
Some psychologists insist despite correlations there are several separate primary mental abilities.
Thurstone (1938)
verbal comprehension, memory,reasoning, spatial ability etc
Multiple intelligence by Gardner
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Sternberg's triarchic theory
Componential - ability to think abstractly, verbal abilities.
Experiential - ability to formulate new ideas and combine unrelated facts.
Cortextual intelligence- problem solving in specific situations
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Definition Ability that affects performance on all cognitively oriented tasks
eg maths poetry history
moderate to high correlation on all different ability tests
what could explain those results
Spearman (1927) called intelligence factor"g" but also added there were other specific abilities eg recall.
Guildford and Gardner multiple cognitive abilities
Intelligence as process instead of Content
How individuals intelligence differ in process of intelligence vs content of
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