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Louis L. Thurstone & Primary Mental Abilities
Psychologist Louis Thurstone established a different view on intelligence, he proposed that intelligence is not a single, general ability, but that intelligence has seven different "primary mental abilities." These seven different abilities are:
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One intelligence test that specializes in testing these seven different sections is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale or WAIS that contains both verbal and performance sub-tests. The WAIS test is divided up like this:
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Text Sources:
http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Primary%20Mental%20Abilities
http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/p/intelligence.htmhttp://faculty.txwes.edu/mskerr/files/3303_ch7.htm
Psychology Textbook by David G. Meyers
http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Primary%20Mental%20Abilities
http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/p/intelligence.htmhttp://faculty.txwes.edu/mskerr/files/3303_ch7.htm
Psychology Textbook by David G. Meyers