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Van Der Maas, Han L. J.; Dolan, Conor V.; Grasman, Raoul P. P. P.; Wicherts, Jelte M.; Huizenga, Hilde M.; Raijmakers, Maartje E. J. – Psychological Review, 2006
Scores on cognitive tasks used in intelligence tests correlate positively with each other, that is, they display a positive manifold of correlations. The positive manifold is often explained by positing a dominant latent variable, the g factor, associated with a single quantitative cognitive or biological process or capacity. In this article, a…
Descriptors: Models, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Cognitive Ability
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Guilford, J.P. – Psychological Review, 1982
Information processing research offers a solution to the ambiguity of many concepts in cognitive psychology. The author's definition of intelligence and the structure-of-intellect model offer a systematic collection of rigorously and operationally defined concepts. New evidence for discriminability of the model categories and views of memory and…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Memory
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Borsboom, Denny; Dolan, Conor V. – Psychological Review, 2006
In S. Kanazawa's (see record 2004-12248-010) evolutionary theory of general intelligence (g), g is presented as a species-typical information-processing mechanism. This conceptualization of g departs radically from the accepted conceptualization of g as a source of individual differences that is manifest in the positive manifold. Kanazawa's theory…
Descriptors: Evolution, Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
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Carpenter, Patricia A.; And Others – Psychological Review, 1990
Cognitive processes in the Raven Progressive Matrices Test, a nonverbal test of analytic intelligence, are analyzed in terms of processes distinguishing between high- and low-scoring students and processes common to all subjects and test items. Two experiments with 89 college students identify the abilities distinguishing among individuals. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Simulation