Charles Spearman

-A British psychologist who developed the G Factor, also known as General Intelligence

oBelieved that intelligence could be numerically expressed

oAptitude was a general rule in this theory, focusing on one's natural ability to do something.

-The idea behind the g factor is that we all as individuals have one underlying general intelligence thatinfluences our performance on all cognitive tasks.

-Spearman analyzed how basic clusters of skills would correlate with another one.

oExample: if someone tested well in spatial skills (problem-solving) they may be good in everything that has to do with numbers and math

** What type of controversy do you believe this theory may have caused?