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1 online resource (164 pages) |
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Psychology Revivals |
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Psychology revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Ability; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Part I The Nature of Ability; I Introduction; Current Views of Ability; II General Capacity; Divergence of Views as to its Nature; Intelligence is the Measure of Confluence of Experience; III General Capacity (continued); Illustrations of the Dependence of Intelligence upon Confluence; Degree of Confluence is the General Factor implied in Current Definitions of Intelligence; A Consideration of Physiological and Biological Facts; IV General Capacity (continued); Intelligence does not develop |
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V Special AbilitiesThe Problem of the Existence of special Psychological Abilities; Experimental Evidence as to the Nature of special Abilities; VI Special Abilities (continued); The Psychological Factors which determine the Development of special Abilities; 1. Factors determining Drive; 2. Factors determining Degree of Confluence:; A. The Effect of Experiences during the Main Developmental Periods-consideration of the Lives of some Representative Geniuses; B. Emotional Ties-Factors determining Degree of Confluence within a given field of Activity; VII Summary and Conclusions |
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Tests of general CapacityTests in relation to Education; Telilts for vocational Selection and Guidance; Part II Tests for University Students; I Tests for the Selection of University Students; A Plea for the Study of special Trends; II Tests for the Guidance of University Students; An Account of an Attempt to find Tests of special Abilities in Arts and Science; Choice of Tests; Administration of Tests; III The Results; Conclusions with regard to Arts and Science Tests; Tests of General Capacity; Results of combining individual Tests to form Arts, Science and General Groups, respectively |
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A Comparison of Intermediate B.A. and B. ScIV The Effect of Practice and Coaching; V Correlations; Reliability Coefficients; Intercorrelations of Tests; VI Conclusion; Index; Plates |
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Originally published in 1926, the first part of this book attempted to formulate a theory of ability in the light of recent experimental results of the time. It discusses the nature of intelligence and the problem of special abilities, and includes a study of some typical forms of genius. The second part gives an account of a three years' experimental study of special abilities in arts and science respectively, carried out upon university students. Samples of the tests employed are included. The results are presented in non-technical form. Victoria Hazlitt was a pioneer of experimental psyc |
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Print version record |
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Ability -- Testing.
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Educational tests and measurements.
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Intelligence tests.
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Psychological tests.
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Ability -- Testing
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Educational tests and measurements
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Intelligence tests
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Psychological tests
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135073336 |
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1135073333 |
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