三層智能理論英文three-stratum theory)係有關人類智能嘅一套理論,主張人類智能「分三層」。

個理論建基於因素分析研究:研究者實際攞咗啲數據返嚟,用呢啲數據建立因素統計模型,主張一個三層嘅模型(下圖)[1][2]

  • Stratum I 係啲相對狹窄嘅能力,例如「答算術題嘅能力」同「答幾何題嘅能力」,
  • Stratum II 係 8 種「廣闊」啲嘅能力,例如「固定智能)」會控制「答算術題嘅能力」同「答幾何題嘅能力」,
  • 最頂層嘅 Stratum III 就係一般智能因素),控制 Stratum II 嗰 8 大因素。
  1. J. B. Carroll (1993), Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor-analytic studies, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA.
  2. J. B. Carroll (1997), "The three-stratum theory of cognitive abilities" in D. P. Flanagan, J. L. Genshaft et al., Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests, and issues, Guilford Press, New York, NY, USA, pp. 122-130.