Faculty Books and Book Chapters
Secondary Mental Abilities
Book Title
Essays in Developmental Psychology
Document Type
Essay
Publication Date
2020
Editors
Randall Summers, Charles Golden, Lisa Lashley, & Erica Ailes
Keywords
age, cognitive test, crystallized and fluid intelligence, intelligence, secondary mental abilities
Description
Excerpt
Mental abilities have commonly been broken down into two main categories; primary and secondary. Primary mental abilities are thought to be large scale groups with similar abilities. Secondary mental ability builds off foundational primary mental abilities of intelligence. Research has suggested that there are six main secondary mental abilities, with the potential for additional abilities to be named or discovered as more research emerges. Expanding research on these abilities has also suggested that they can morph and evolve with age, just as primary abilities related to intelligence.
Disciplines
Psychology
NSUWorks Citation
Fitzgibbon, K. E.,
Lashley, L. K.,
Golden, C. J.
(2020). Secondary Mental Abilities. Essays in Developmental Psychology.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facbooks/748
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Additional Information
This is one in a collection of essays as part of a project that began as an encyclopedia of developmental psychology coordinated by Dr. Randall Summers. However, for unforeseen reasons, the publisher was no longer in a position to publish the encyclopedia. This project was undertaken so that thousands of hours of work by psychologists would not go wasted. Enjoy these essays and feel free to cite them using the proper format.
Submit suggestions for corrections and topics to goldench@nova.edu.