Chapter 11 Flashcards
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Reification
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Viewing an abstract, immaterial concept as if it were a concrete thing
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Intelligence
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Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
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Factor analysis
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Statistical procedure used to identify groups of items that appear to measure a common ability
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Charles Spearman
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Help develop factor analysis; believed in general intelligence (g factor that underlies the various clusters)
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General intelligence
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General factor that underlies each of the more specific mental abilities identified through factor analysis
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L. L. Thurstone
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Rejected g factor; didn’t rank his subjects on single scale of general aptitude. Argued that factor analysis identified 7 independent mental abilities
