Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence Testing
This brief commentary suggests that the usefulness of the concept of intelligence might depend on how one defines intelligence and on whether one is using it for scientific or practical purposes. Furthermore, it is suggested that the concept of working memory must not be overlooked when considering...
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| description | This brief commentary suggests that the usefulness of the concept of intelligence might depend on how one defines intelligence and on whether one is using it for scientific or practical purposes. Furthermore, it is suggested that the concept of working memory must not be overlooked when considering individual differences in intelligence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f98fd01869b4021b29bee0dfac7eb2f2022-12-21T23:36:12ZengMDPI AGJournal of Intelligence2079-32002014-04-0122293210.3390/jintelligence2020029jintelligence2020029Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence TestingEvie Vergauwe0Nelson Cowan1Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, McAlester Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USADepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, McAlester Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USAThis brief commentary suggests that the usefulness of the concept of intelligence might depend on how one defines intelligence and on whether one is using it for scientific or practical purposes. Furthermore, it is suggested that the concept of working memory must not be overlooked when considering individual differences in intelligence.http://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/2/2/29intelligenceworking memoryindividual differences |
| spellingShingle | Evie Vergauwe Nelson Cowan Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence Testing Journal of Intelligence intelligence working memory individual differences |
| title | Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence Testing |
| title_full | Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence Testing |
| title_fullStr | Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence Testing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence Testing |
| title_short | Assessing and Revising the Plan for Intelligence Testing |
| title_sort | assessing and revising the plan for intelligence testing |
| topic | intelligence working memory individual differences |
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