Psychometric theory Criticisms 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyIntelligenceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: MDonaldson862Created on: 20-05-16 14:58 24351 Across 1. Found a measurement of 'g' was a good indicator of job sucess, and found a positive correlation between 'g' and how successful a person will be (7, 3, 6) 4. Re-analysed data of Horn and Cattell's orginal research using a new mathematical technique and instigated a new study with 5,000 participants and found in his study that there was not enough evidence to found of the distinctions of 'g' (8) Down 2. Found evidence that as we age crystallised intelligence improves while fluid intelligence declines (8, 3, 5) 3. Claims that the theory is merely redifining memory as people are able to get better at fluid intelligence with pratice (6) 5. Persuaded the US army to test the intelligence of 1.7 million men using psychometric tests. Literate recruits were given the Amrmy Alpha test (a written examination) whereas illiterates were given the army beta test. (6)
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