Cattell
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People

  • Alexander G. Cattell
    Alexander G. Cattell
    Alexander Gilmore Cattell was a United States Senator from New Jersey. Born in Salem, New Jersey, he received an academic education, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem until 1846. He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1840, and served as clerk from 1842-1844...

    , former United States senator
    United States Senate
    The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

     from New Jersey
    New Jersey
    New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

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  • Alfred Cattell
    Alfred Cattell
    Alfred Cattell was an English-born international rugby union player for Wales who in his later life became Lord Mayor of Sheffield...

    , Wales international rugby player
  • James McKeen Cattell
    James McKeen Cattell
    James McKeen Cattell , American psychologist, was the first professor of psychology in the United States at the University of Pennsylvania and long-time editor and publisher of scientific journals and publications, most notably the journal Science...

    , the first psychology
    Psychology
    Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

     professor in the United States.
  • Raymond Cattell
    Raymond Cattell
    Raymond Bernard Cattell was a British and American psychologist, known for his exploration of many areas in psychology...

    , psychologist
    Psychologist
    Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...

     noted for major work in a variety of psychological research fields.
  • William C. Cattell, President of Lafayette College
    Lafayette College
    Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter,son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832...

     from 1863 to 1883.

Science

  • Cattell Culture Fair III
    Cattell Culture Fair III
    In seeking to develop a culture-fair intelligence or IQ test that separated environmental and genetic factors, Raymond B. Cattell created the CFIT or Culture Fair Intelligence Test. Cattell argued that general intelligence exists and that it consists of fluid intelligence and crystallized...

    , an IQ test constructed by Raymond Cattell which tested for both fluid and crystallized intelligence
    Fluid and crystallized intelligence
    In psychology, fluid and crystallized intelligence are factors of general intelligence originally identified by Raymond Cattell...

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  • Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory
    CHC Theory
    Recent advances in current theory and research on the structure of human cognitive abilities have resulted in a new empirically derived model commonly referred to as the Cattell–Horn–Carroll theory of cognitive abilities . CHC theory of cognitive abilities is an amalgamation of two similar theories...

    , a psychological theory.
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