Intelligence defined
Wundt, James, Cattell, Thorndike, Goddard, and Yerkes
pp. 123-135
in: Sam Goldstein, Dana Princiotta, Jack A. Naglieri (eds), Handbook of intelligence, Berlin, Springer, 2015Abstract
This chapter presents a critical survey of early attempts to define intelligence. Topics covered include Wilhelm Wundt on apperception, William James on association by similarity, James McKeen Cattell and mental testing, Charles Spearman and the "g "factor, Edward L. Thorndike and connectionism, The Binet-Simon intelligence scale, Henry Goddard and "the "feeble-minded," Robert M. Yerkes and the Army Testing Project.
