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EPPP Psychology

Category - Cognitive-Affective Bases of Behavior

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Psychological tests for intelligence are based on a number of theories about intelligence that have been developed over the last century or so. In the 1920s, a psychologist proposed that intelligence is a single factor (termed the g factor), rather than being composed of more than one type. Which psychologist presented this theory?
  1. Spearman
  2. Thurstone
  3. Cattell
  4. Carroll
Explanation
Answer: A - Spearman was responsible for the initial theory of g factor intelligence. Other researchers investigated and expounded on his idea, adding subtypes to the idea of singular intelligence.
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