The Abilities of Man - Their Nature and Measurement

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Contents Include: THE RIVAL DOCTRINES: The problem - Monarchic Doctrine, "Intelligence" - Oligarchic Doctrine, Formal Faculties - Oligarchic Doctrine, Types - Anarchic Doctrine, "General level," "Average," or "Sample" - Eclectic Doctrine, Two Factors - Proposed Explanations of G - Universal Mental Competition - Hypothesis of Mental Energy - THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS: Proof that G and S Exist - Universality of G - Amount of G in Different Kinds of Eduction - "Special Abilities" and "Group Factors" - Goodness and Speed of Response - Law of Span, "Attention" - Law of Retentivity of Dispositions - Law of Inertia, "Perseveration" - Law of Fatigue - Oscillations in Efficiency - Law of Conation, W and C - Influence of Age - Influence of Heredity and Sex - Mind and Body - Cardinal Conclusions