Comment on “Residual group-level factor associations Possibly negative implications for the mutualism theory of general intelligence” by Gilles E. Gignac (2016)

Authors
Publication date 07-2016
Journal Intelligence
Volume | Issue number 57
Pages (from-to) 81-83
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE)
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Abstract

We show by simulations that the main premise underlying Gignac's (2016) rejection of the mutualism model of general intelligence is incorrect. We discuss our results in the context of the debate on g-factor theory and its alternatives, especially with regard to the claim that g-factor theory is much simpler than mutualism theory.
Document type Comment/Letter to the editor
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2016.03.008
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