Cattell, Raymond(Journal of Educational Psychology, 1963)
The theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence propounded 20 years ago by the author has since accumulated support. However, the crucial issue of whether 1 or 2 general factors subtend intellectual performances has ...
Delineates 2 kinds of clever students: the “converger”, who excels in objective tests, and the “diverger”, who excels in essay tests. A description of the intellectual abilities, attitudes, and personalities of a sample ...
Defines "groupthink" as a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives in cohesive decision making groups. A group dynamics approach to explain aspects of American ...
Embretson, Susan E.; Dawis, René V.(Georgia Institute of TechnologyWiley-Blackwell, 1974)
Although it has been claimed that the Rasch model leads to a higher degree of objectivity in measurement than has been previously possible, this model has had
little impact on test development. Population-invariant item ...
This article described three heuristics that are employed in making judgements under uncertainty: (i) representativeness, which is usually employed when people are asked to judge the probability that an object or event A ...