Modern I.Q. Theorists - J.P. Guilford
RANDOM QUOTE: "If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, then the first woodpecker that cames along would destroy civilization. ? Murphy´s Computer Law 58" --- Laws
J.P. Guilford
(1897-1988)
Integrated psychophysics, psychometrics, measurement and factor analysis
Education
- University of Nebraska
- Cornell University under E. B. Titchener
- Postdoc at University of Nebraska
Career
- Director of the Psychology Clinic (1919-1921)
- Associate Professor at University of Nebraska
- Professor at University of South California (1940)
- Director of Psychological Research #3 at Santa Ana Army Air Base (1941)
Contribution
Carried L.L. Thurston's approach further
Ideas & Interests
- Three dimensional "Structure of Intellect" (classified intellectual acts into 120 separate categories)-- Operations dimension, Products dimension, Material or content dimension
- (Developed firm convictions regarding the ability of individual difference among people)
- (Researched in selection and classification of aircrew trainees. Many existing tests were modified and developed under his guidance by using factor analysis)
- "Intelligence" is too complicated to be subsumed by a few
primary mental abilities and "g" factor
Publications
Psychometric Methods (1936)