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Binet's view of intelligence as one general ability is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Thurstone's theory lists how many primary abilities?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Thurstone ability is speed and accuracy with computation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Thurstone ability means deriving general rules from facts?Read the answer and worked solution →In Jensen's model, rote learning and memory belong to which level?Read the answer and worked solution →Jensen's Level II ability involves what kind of skills?Read the answer and worked solution →Guilford sorts intellectual traits along which three dimensions?Read the answer and worked solution →Guilford's 6 x 5 x 6 structure-of-intellect model has how many cells?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is an operation in Guilford's model?Read the answer and worked solution →Which approach treats intelligence as an aggregate of abilities?Read the answer and worked solution →Which approach studies cognitive functions behind intelligent acts?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these theories follows the information-processing approach?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Gardner, how many types of intelligence exist today?Read the answer and worked solution →In Gardner's view, high skill in one intelligence implies what?Read the answer and worked solution →A scientist solving problems with symbols shows which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →A sculptor or sailor mainly relies on which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which intelligence do dancers and gymnasts show most?Read the answer and worked solution →Which intelligence is shown by sensitivity to sound patterns?Read the answer and worked solution →A counsellor needs to read others' motives and feelings. Which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Knowing your own strengths, limits and desires is which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Hunting, farming or bird watching draws on which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →In which book did Gardner introduce multiple intelligences?Read the answer and worked solution →Which intelligence was added after Gardner's original seven?Read the answer and worked solution →Which finding supports general intelligence over Gardner's view?Read the answer and worked solution →Critics fault Gardner's theory because it does what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which psychologist put forward the triarchic theory in 1985?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one is a type of intelligence in Sternberg's theory?Read the answer and worked solution →'Street smartness' or 'business sense' is which Sternberg type?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of componential intelligence plans what to do and how?Read the answer and worked solution →Which component of componential intelligence involves actually doing things?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Binet's view of intelligence as one general ability is called what?

  1. Two-factor theory
  2. Triarchic theory
  3. Seven-factor theory
  4. Uni-factor theory
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Correct answer: D. Uni-factor theory

1. Recall the fact: Binet saw one similar set of abilities usable for any problem. 2. The option "Uni-factor theory" matches it. 3. Why the others fail: Two-factor is Spearman, triarchic is Sternberg, PASS is Das and Naglieri. _Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (lepy101.pdf), "Theories of Intelligence"_

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Thurstone's theory lists how many primary abilities?

  1. Three
  2. Five
  3. Seven
  4. Eight
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Correct answer: C. Seven

1. Recall the fact: Thurstone listed seven relatively independent primary abilities. 2. The option "Seven" matches it. 3. Why the others fail: Eight is the count in Gardner's theory; three is the count in Sternberg's. _Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (lepy101.pdf), "Theories of Intelligence"_

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Which Thurstone ability is speed and accuracy with computation?

  1. Numerical ability
  2. Perceptual speed
  3. Spatial relations
  4. Verbal comprehension
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Correct answer: A. Numerical ability

1. Recall the fact: Numerical ability means speed and accuracy in computational skills. 2. The option "Numerical ability" matches it. 3. Why the others fail: Perceptual speed is about noticing details, not calculating. _Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (lepy101.pdf), "Theories of Intelligence"_

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