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Estes, W. K. – American Psychologist, 1974
Characterizes intelligence in terms of learning processes and uses the concepts and methods of other disciplines to understand how the conditions responsible for the development of its constituent processes and the manner of their organization lead to variations in effectiveness of intellectual functioning. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Diagnosis, Intellectual Development, Intelligence

Horn, John; Donaldson, Gary – American Psychologist, 1976
Suggests that a careful review of the logical and empirical bases for the myth argument indicates that there is little to justify it. The evidence suggests that if one lives long enough, decrements in at least some of the important abilities of intelligence is likely to occur. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Age Groups, Conceptual Schemes