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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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Sternberg, Robert J. – Psychological Review, 1977
Describes alternative theoretical positions regarding (a) the component information processes used in analogical reasoning and (b) strategies for combining these processes. Also presents results from three experiments on analogical reasoning. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Analogy, Charts, Information Processing, Information Theory
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Simonton, Dean Keith – Psychological Review, 1985
Four models are developed to provide a conceptual basis for a curvilinear relation between intelligence and an individual's influence over group members. The models deal with influence and percentile placement in intelligence, comprehension by potential followers, vulnerability to rival intellects, and correlation between mean group IQ and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Creativity