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primary ability

any of the seven unitary factors revealed by factor analysis to be essential components of intelligence: verbal ability (V), word fluency (WF), numerical ability (N), spatial intelligence (S), memory (M), perceptual speed (P), and reasoning (R). These factors are measured by the Primary Mental Abilities Test. Also called primary mental ability. [proposed in about 1936 by Louis L. Thurstone]

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