alleryWhich approach treats intelligence as an aggregate of abilities?
AHumanistic approach
BBehaviourist approach
CPsychometric approach
DDevelopmental approach
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Psychometric approach
1. Recall the fact: The psychometric approach expresses performance as a single index of cognitive abilities.
2. The option "Psychometric approach" matches it.
3. Why the others fail: The information-processing approach studies the processes of reasoning.
_Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (lepy101.pdf), "Theories of Intelligence"_
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