How many factors are initially included in Guildford's model of structure of intellect?

How many factors are initially included in Guildford's model of structure of intellect? Correct Answer 120

The correct answer is 120.

Key Points

  • In Guilford’s Structure of Intellect (SI) theory, intelligence is viewed as including operations, contents, and products.
  • Guilford researched and developed a broad variety of psychometric tests to measure the distinct abilities predicted by SI theory. These tests provide an operational definition of the many abilities proposed by the theory.
  • Moreover, factor analysis was used to determine which tests appeared to measure the same or different abilities.
  • SI theory is intended to be a general theory of human intelligence. Its major application (besides educational research) has been in personnel selection and placement.
  • Guilford's original model was composed of 120 components because he had not separated Figural Content into separate Auditory and Visual contents, nor had he separated Memory into Memory Recording and Memory Retention.
  • When he separated Figural into Auditory and Visual contents, his model increased to 5 x 5 x 6 = 150 categories. When Guilford separated the memory functions, his model eventually increased to 180 factors.

Related Questions

The following question is accompanied by two statements (I) and (II). You have to determine which statements(s) is/are sufficient/necessary to answer the questions. The cost price, selling price and market price of a product are in arithmetic progression. If the cost price and selling price are interchanged what is the ratio of profit % made initially to discount % offered after interchanging was done? I. The product was marked up by 40% initially. II. The discount offered initially was 20%.