Spearman thinks that intelligence is general and that overall your either intelligent or not. On the other hand, Thurstone believes there are different types of intelligence. He believes people can be more intelligent in some abilities than in others since all abilities are independent of eachother. :]
Thurstone believes there are seven distinct mental abilities which are spacial ability, perceptual speed, verbal meaning, memory, numerical ability, reasoning and word fluency where as in Spearman stated that if you are bright in one area you are bright in other areas as well.
Spearman's theory says intelligence is general, if you're good at one thing you're equally as good in everything. Thurstone however has seven intelligence categories, each independent of each other.
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Spearman thinks that intelligence is general and that overall your either intelligent or not. On the other hand, Thurstone believes there are different types of intelligence. He believes people can be more intelligent in some abilities than in others since all abilities are independent of eachother.
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Thurstone believes there are seven distinct mental abilities which are spacial ability, perceptual speed, verbal meaning, memory, numerical ability, reasoning and word fluency where as in Spearman stated that if you are bright in one area you are bright in other areas as well.
Spearman's theory says intelligence is general, if you're good at one thing you're equally as good in everything. Thurstone however has seven intelligence categories, each independent of each other.
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