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An unassailable defense of g but a siren-song for theories of intelligence
Psycoloquy, Vol.11(013), Article 28
2000
Abstract
Jensen presents a compelling case for the reality of g. This represents a major scientific achievement. However, I consider that there are two serious mistakes in his choice of scientific strategy. The first is to adopt an operational stance - that is, to drop all reference to the word 'intelligence' and define our object of scientific interest as the g-factor. This is a mistake because the operational stance does not work in science and in this particular case it strips the g factor of all of its psychological significance. The second mistake is in his pursuit of the g-nexus, where biological and psychological variables are related to social outcomes via g. Without a serious theory of mental structure, this attempt rings hollow. Indeed such a strategy impedes the more crucial scientific step of developing a theory of intelligence which, in the final analysis, is a theory of mental structure.
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- Title
- An unassailable defense of g but a siren-song for theories of intelligence
- Authors/Creators
- M. Anderson (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Psycoloquy, Vol.11(013), Article 28
- Publisher
- Cognitive Sciences Centre, Deptment of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton
- Identifiers
- 991005543089807891
- Copyright
- The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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