factoristn.
/ˈfakt(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /ˈfæktərəst/ Psychology.
A person who seeks to explain intelligence as a measurable phenomenon in terms of the relations of general and specific personal factors.
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factorist1930
1930 C. Spearman in C. Murchison Psychologies of 1930 xviii. 339 Instead of such negations the factorists find good in everything, even in the other ‘ists’.
1938 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 190 The doctrine urged by the Samplists turns out to be no other than that which has always constituted the ‘main’ theory of the Factorists themselves.
1962 Brit. Jrnl. Educ. Stud. 10 136 Thurstone's and other American factorists' desire to break down global intelligence into a variety of partially distinct abilities.
2011 S. J. Bartlett Normality does not equal Mental Health viii. 195 The renowned factorists of human abilities..all were interested in identifying factors that represent primary abilities of the mind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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