| The Psychometric Approach (2 points) | Intelligence as an aggregate of abilities
Expresses individual’s performance in terms of a single index of cognitive abilities |
| The Information-processing Approach (3 points) | Describes processes used in intellectual reasoning and problem solving
Focus is on how an intelligent person acts
Instead of focussing on structure or dimensions of intelligence, it focusses on cognitive functions underlying intelligent behaviour |
| Psychometric Approach Theories (5) | Uni/One Factor Theory (Alfred Binet)
Two-factor Theory (Charles Spearman) (1927)
Theory of Primary Mental Abilities (Louis Thurstone)
Hierarchical Model of Intelligence (Arthur Jensen)
Structure-of-Intellect Model (JP Guilford) |
| Information-processing Approach Theories (3) | Theory of Multiple Intelligence (Howard Gardner)
Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (Robert Sternberg) (1985)
PASS Model of Intelligence (JP Das, Jack Naglieri and Kirby) (1994) |
| Uni/One Factor Theory WHO? | (Alfred Binet) |
| Two-factor Theory WHO? | (Charles Spearman) (1927) |
| Theory of Primary Mental Abilities WHO? | (Louis Thurstone) |
| Hierarchical Model of Intelligence WHO? | (Arthur Jensen) |
| Structure-of-Intellect Model WHO? | (JP Guilford) |
| Theory of Multiple Intelligence WHO? | (Howard Gardner) |
| Triarchic Theory of Intelligence WHO? | (Robert Sternberg) (1985) |
| PASS Model of Intelligence WHO? | (JP Das, Jack Naglieri and Kirby) (1994) |
