Intelligence is what the intelligence test measures. Seriously

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Publication date 03-2014
Journal Journal of Intelligence
Volume | Issue number 2 | 1
Pages (from-to) 12-15
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  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
Abstract The mutualism model, an alternative for the g-factor model of intelligence, implies a formative measurement model in which "g" is an index variable without a causal role. If this model is accurate, the search for a genetic of brain instantiation of "g" is deemed useless. This also implies that the (weighted) sum score of items of an intelligence test is just what it is: a weighted sum score. Preference for one index above the other is a pragmatic issue that rests mainly on predictive value.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence2010012
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