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On Intelligence III: Examining developmental implications of Cattail's broad ability theory and of an alternative neo‐Spearman model
Author(s) -
UNDHEIM JOHAN OLAV
Publication year - 1981
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.1467-9450.1981.tb00400.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental stage theories , multilevel model , test (biology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , cognitive psychology , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , biology
Developmental implications of Cattell's theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence and of an alternative neo‐Spearman hierarchical model of broad ability factors are considered. A comprehensive re‐evaluation of available longitudinal data originally interpreted to support Cattell's theory indicates that the support for Cattell's hypotheses of Gf‐Gc relationships is highly questionable. Previously published data on broad abilities (see e.g. Undheim, 1976; 1978; 1981 a ) as well as the present results are seen to be more easily consistent with the implications of the neo‐Spearman hierarchical model formerly developed (Undheim, 1981 b ).