The Psychometric Approach - Springer

37). From this finding, Spearman derived what he called his "Two Factor" theory, whereby each test of a set is regarded ... Skiptomaincontent Advertisement SearchSpringerLink Search AbstractThepsychologicalstudyofhumanintelligenceisprimarilytheconcernofpsychometricians,ordifferentialpsychologists,whoassumethatintelligenceexistsasasetofquantifiabledimensionsalongwhichpeoplecanbemeasured.Typically,thepsychometricianstudiesindividualdifferencesbyadministeringtestbatteriesthathavedemonstratedreliabilitytolargenumbersofsubjectsundercontrolledconditions.Scoresfromthesetestsarethenanalyzedbyfactoranalysisormultidimensionalscalingtoextractunderlyingfactorsordimensionsresponsibleforpatternsofcorrelations.Individualdifferencesareusuallyinterpretedintermsoffactorsthatdifferentiateboththetestsandthesubjects.Themodelsadvancedtoaccountforintelligenceareexpressedasfactorstructures.Therearenumerousexpressionsofthese,rangingfromthosethatemphasizeasinglegeneralabilityfactor(G),tothosethatemphasizealargenumberofspecificabilities.KeywordsMentalRotationSpatialAbilityVisualImagerySpatialFactorSpatialThinkingThesekeywordswereaddedbymachineandnotbytheauthors.Thisprocessisexperimentalandthekeywordsmaybeupdatedasthelearningalgorithmimproves. Thisisapreviewofsubscriptioncontent,accessviayourinstitution. Buyingoptions Chapter EUR 29.95 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) DOI:10.1007/978-1-4612-4788-3_3 Chapterlength:46pages InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyChapter eBook EUR 71.68 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-1-4612-4788-3 InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyeBook SoftcoverBook EUR 84.99 PriceexcludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-1-4612-9156-5 Dispatchedin3to5businessdays Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly FreeshippingworldwideShippingrestrictionsmayapply,checktoseeifyouareimpacted. Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuySoftcoverBook Learnaboutinstitutionalsubscriptions Preview Unabletodisplaypreview. DownloadpreviewPDF. Unabletodisplaypreview. DownloadpreviewPDF. AuthorinformationAuthorsandAffiliationsInstituteforChildStudyCollegeofEducation,TheUniversityofMaryland,20742,CollegePark,Maryland,USAJohnEliotAuthorsJohnEliotViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarRightsandpermissionsReprintsandPermissionsCopyrightinformation©1987Springer-VerlagNewYorkInc.AboutthischapterCitethischapterEliot,J.(1987).ThePsychometricApproach. In:ModelsofPsychologicalSpace.Springer,NewYork,NY.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4788-3_3Downloadcitation.RIS.ENW.BIBDOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4788-3_3 PublisherName:Springer,NewYork,NY PrintISBN:978-1-4612-9156-5 OnlineISBN:978-1-4612-4788-3eBookPackages:SpringerBookArchiveSharethischapterAnyoneyousharethefollowinglinkwithwillbeabletoreadthiscontent:GetshareablelinkSorry,ashareablelinkisnotcurrentlyavailableforthisarticle.Copytoclipboard ProvidedbytheSpringerNatureSharedItcontent-sharinginitiative Accessviayourinstitution Buyingoptions Chapter EUR 29.95 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) DOI:10.1007/978-1-4612-4788-3_3 Chapterlength:46pages InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyChapter eBook EUR 71.68 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-1-4612-4788-3 InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyeBook SoftcoverBook EUR 84.99 PriceexcludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-1-4612-9156-5 Dispatchedin3to5businessdays Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly FreeshippingworldwideShippingrestrictionsmayapply,checktoseeifyouareimpacted. Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuySoftcoverBook Learnaboutinstitutionalsubscriptions