| dc.description.abstract | This study is concerned with the investigation of the
existence of eleven factors of mental ability in relation to
Guilford's structure-of-intellect model (SOl) in four samples
of Ugandan school children. The factors investigated are five
cognition factors: Speed of Closure (CFU) , Verbal Comprehension
(CMU),Spatial Orientation (GFS),General Reasoning (CMS) and
Visualization (CFT); two memory factors: Rote memory (MSR) and
Number facility (MSI)one Divergent Production factor: tord
Fluency (DSU); one Convergent Production factor: Flexibility of
Closure (NFT); and two Evaluation factors: Perceptual Speed
(EFU) and perceptual Speed (ESU).
The investigation is divided into six chapters. Chapter one
gives the historical background that led to psychological cross-cultural
research in Africa. Chapter II discusses intelligence
research in Africa with Special reference to East Africa.
Chapter III deals with research on intellectual factors of the
Africans and the experimental hypotheses. Chapter IV is the
discussion of the eleven ability factors which wore investigated
and tests used. Chapter V is the discussion of the experimental
investigation and analysis of the results. Chapter VI gives a
summary and conclusions. This is followed by appendices.and
bibliography. A battery of 4 new experimental and 29 known tests wa s
adil1inistc;red to four samp10s of pupils drawn from the two
Higher School Certificate classes. Two samples were boys; Senior
5 boys and Senior 6 boys (S5M and S6M) and two samples were girls,
Senior 5 female Dnd Senior 6 female (S5F and S6F). Four matrices
were built up and factor analyzed, The correlation matrices were
analysed by Rotelling's principal components method, yielding 11
components most of which were difficult to interpret before
rotation and all of which were readily interpretable after
orthogonal rotations.
All eleven hypothesized factors in Guilford's structure-of-intellect
model were confirmed in all 4 samples (except one factor
which failed to appear in one sample.
Agreement in the results from the four Samples was fairly
good and the results substantiated all the experimental hypotheses. | |
