Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about psychometric theories.
Hints
- Only one option is false; find the aging claim.
- Fluid declines and crystallized holds/rises - opposite directions.
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- A. Thurstone's seven abilities still correlated more than chance would predict.
- C. Thurstone proposed seven primary mental abilities.
- D. Modern models often arrange g and specific abilities hierarchically.
- E. Spearman used factor analysis to argue for a general factor g.
Why
Spearman's g, Thurstone's seven abilities, their residual correlation, and the modern hierarchical synthesis are all true. Fluid and crystallized intelligence age in OPPOSITE directions - the one false option.
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