The Checking of Primary Ability Structure on a Broader Basis of Performances

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ID9616019
AuthorsA Ralph Hakstian (University of British Columbia), Raymond B Cattell
Year1974
Volume44
Issue2
Pages140-154
Publication date1974-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1974.tb02281.x
OpenAlexW1967393752
LanguageEN
Citations received7

S ummary . A battery of 57 ability tests, spanning the full range of the ability domain, was administered to 343 young adults. The aims were to confirm the differentiability of the better‐known primary mental abilities and to assess the differentiability of the more recently hypothesised abilities, along with their relationships with the better‐established constructs. A common‐factor analysis of the 57 variables revealed 19 correlated primary abilities, ranging from such established factors as Verbal and Numerical ability to less well‐understood primaries in the memory and fluency‐originality areas. The conceptual nature of the factors and their interrelationships are discussed, and the results are placed in the context of earlier research on abilities

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology) · Creativity · Developmental psychology · Differentiable function · Fluency · Geography · Mathematics education · Neuropsychology · Originality · Pure mathematics · Verbal fluency test · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Mathematics · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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