What is the name of the theory that combines Cattell, Horn, and Carroll into a single model of cognitive abilities?

• A. It is a broad-and-narrow ability framework integrating g with multiple broad and narrow abilities
• B. Thurstone's Primary Abilities
• C. Gardner's Theory
• D. Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of Cognitive Abilities

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is recognizing the integrated framework that combines several landmark theories into one model of cognitive abilities. This synthesis, known as the Cattell-Horn-Carroll model, brings together Cattell’s distinction between fluid intelligence (the ability to reason and solve novel problems) and crystallized intelligence (acquired knowledge), Horn’s expanded structure of intelligence with multiple broad abilities, and Carroll’s Three-Stratum theory that places general intelligence at the top, then broad abilities, then narrow talents. The result is a comprehensive, hierarchical view of cognitive abilities that many assessments use to interpret subtest patterns and map them to specific cognitive processes. That is why the proper name for this combined theory is the Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of Cognitive Abilities.