Which of the Following Best Describes Charles Spearman's View of Intelligence

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Charles Spearman's view of intelligence?

• A) Intelligence scores are indicative of educational success but lack predictive validity in the real world.
• B) Mental ability fluctuates throughout adulthood and is difficult to measure reliably.
• C) Intelligence is domain specific and is dependent on the subject matter.
• D) Individuals possess a general mental ability related to their performance on all cognitive tasks.

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information in a dataset used in the calculation of a statistic, typically influencing the shape of various distributions.

Observations

Data points or elements collected during an experiment or study which represent individual pieces of information about the phenomena being studied.

Multiple Regression Model

A statistical technique that predicts the outcome of a response variable based on multiple explanatory variables.