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Attempts to predict intelligent behavior: 1. The Categorizing Test
Author(s) -
RAAHEIM KJELL,
KAUFMANN GEIR,
KAUFMANN ASTRID
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1979.tb00686.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , categorization , psychology , flexibility (engineering) , cognitive psychology , cognition , function (biology) , social psychology , artificial intelligence , statistics , computer science , mathematics , paleontology , neuroscience , biology , evolutionary biology
The possibility of predicting future intelligent behavior by means of a test calling for flexible categorizing of a present situation is discussed. The test, called The Categorizing Test, consisting initially of 22 items, was tried out on 94 S s. The results showed high, positive correlations between the items, suggesting that they to a strong degree tap the same cognitive function, which is interpreted as an ability to categorize flexibly. A shorter 10‐item version of the test was compared with a test of verbal intelligence and a flexibility test of a traditional kind. On the whole, high, positive correlations were obtained, with the Categorizing Test apparently occupying a central position. These results constitute validating evidence for The Categorizing Test.