Ms. Bouvier is a first grade teacher. She has just given Chelsea a reading test. Chelsea scored very high in word recognition, so Ms. Bouvier assumes she will score high on the rest of the test
It is clear that Ms. Bouvier believes in the ____________ factor of intelligence.
A) g
B) s
C) a
D) r
Answer: A
Rationale: Charles Spearman hypothesized the existence of a general intelligence (abbreviated as "g")—a concept that intelligence is a basic cognitive trait comprising the ability to learn, reason, and solve problems regardless of their nature. According to this concept, a person who was good at reading, would also be good at a number of tasks, because they would all be determined by the same factor (i.e., g).
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