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	Intelligence quotient - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1912, the abbreviation of "intelligence quotient" or I.Q., a translation of the German Intelligenz-Quotient, was coined by the German psychologist William Stern.
		This kind of factor analysis has led to the theory that underlying these disparate cognitive tasks is a single factor, termed the general intelligence factor (or g), that corresponds with the common-sense concept of intelligence.
		The study demonstrated that general human intelligence appears to be based on the volume and location of gray matter tissue in the brain.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/IQ (8433 words)

	General intelligence factor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The general intelligence factor (abbreviated g) is a widely accepted but controversial construct used in the field of psychology (see also psychometrics) to quantify what is common to the scores of all intelligence tests.
		Factor analysis techniques are not limited to producing single factors, and an analysis of human bodies might produce (for example) two major factors, such as height and girth.
		Their suspicion of the concept of general intelligence is based on the view that various intellectual capacities are not well correlated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/General_intelligence_factor (1491 words)

	Intelligence - Psychology Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Intelligence is the most complex property of human mind and it is usually recognized by the observation of the efficacy of acting especially in new or unexpected circumstances.
		Although nonscientists generally regard the concept of intelligence as having much broader scope, in psychology, the study of intelligence generally regards this behavioral trait as distinct from creativity, personality, character, or wisdom.
		The fundamental argument for a general factor is that test scores on a wide range of seemingly unrelated cognitive ability tests (such as sentence completion, arithmetic, and memorization) are positively correlated: people who score highly on one test tend to score highly on all of them, and g thus emerges in a factor analysis.
	psychology.wikia.com /wiki/Intelligence (1963 words)

	The General Intelligence Factor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Factor analysis makes it possible to determine the degree to which each of the variables is correlated (or loaded) with the factor that is common to all the variables in the analysis.
		The common factors in the abilities domain can be represented hierarchically in terms of their generality, with a large number of the least general factors (called first-order or primary factors) at the base of the hierarchy and the single, most general, factor at the apex.
		The general factor of learning and problem-solving tasks in infrahuman animals has some properties similar to the g factor in humans, and experimental brain lesion studies suggest that a task's loading on the general factor is directly related to task complexity and to the number of neural processes involved in task performance.
	www.childrenofmillennium.org /eugenics/pages/articles/jensen.htm (7104 words)

	The General Intelligence Factor - OD Board
		Intelligence as measured by IQ tests is the single most effective predictor known of individual performance at school and on the job.
		A general factor suffusing all tests is not, as is sometimes argued, a necessary outcome of factor analysis.
		Some critics of intelligence research maintain that the notion of general intelligence is illusory: that no such global mental capacity exists and that apparent "intelligence" is really just a by-product of one's opportunities to learn skills and information valued in a particular cultural context.
	www.originaldissent.com /forums/showthread.php?t=6407 (4599 words)

	Scientific American Presents: Feature Article: The General Intelligence Factor: November 1998
		The debate over intelligence and intelligence testing focuses on the question of whether it is useful or meaningful to evaluate people according to a single major dimension of cognitive competence.
		But, as Spearman observed, a general factor does emerge from analysis of mental ability tests, and leading psychologists, such as Arthur R. Jensen of the University of California at Berkeley and John B. Carroll of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have confirmed his findings in the decades since.
		Some critics of intelligence research maintain that the notion of general intelligence is illusory: that no such global mental capacity exists and that apparent "intelligence" is really just a by-product of one's opportunities to learn skills and information valued in a particular cultural context.
	www.psych.utoronto.ca /~reingold/courses/intelligence/cache/1198gottfred.html (4340 words)

	Intelligence quotient - Psychology Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An intelligence quotient or IQ is a score derived from a set of standardized tests developed to measure a person's cognitive abilities ("intelligence") in relation to their age group.
		The term "intelligence quotient," in which each student's score was the quotient of his or her tested mental age with his or her actual age, was adopted by Terman from a 1912 proposal by German psychologist William Stern.
		For example, general intelligence and MRI brain volume measurements are correlated, and the effect is primarily determined by genetic factors.
	psychology.wikia.com /wiki/IQ (5899 words)

	One Intelligence or Many?
		The general intelligence proponents believe that there is one factor from which all intelligence is derived; the multiple intelligences proponents believe that there are different kinds of intelligence.
		The different proponents of one general intelligence all agree that there is a single factor that determines intelligence, and the proponents of multiple intelligences agree that there is more than one single type of intelligence.
		He briefly covers the main points for one general intelligence as well as for multiple intelligences and concludes with the debate about the nature of intelligence and how no one theory is accepted by all and there is still room for improvement on any given theory.
	www.personalityresearch.org /papers/paik.html (4151 words)

	SparkNotes: Intelligence: Summary
		Intelligence is the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.
		Intelligence includes the ability to benefit from experience, act purposefully, solve problems, and adapt to new situations.
		Charles Spearman proposed a general intelligence factor, g, that underlies all intelligent behavior.
	www.sparknotes.com /psychology/psych101/intelligence/section4.rhtml (360 words)

	General Intelligence
		Intelligence would consist of two kinds of factors: a single general factor, the G factor (or G) that would explain all the observed correlations, and numerous specific factors, s1, s2,...
		The weight of the evidence supports the conclusion that a general factor of intelligence (the so-called G factor) is usually a better predictor of training and job success than are scores on specific cognitive measures - even when several specific cognitive measures are used in combination.
		Intelligence is at least as much into the links between our various aptitudes that into the various aptitudes themselves and it is a serious mistake to reduce intelligence to the aptitudes that support it.
	nicologic.free.fr /GeneralIntelligence.htm (3543 words)

	Intelligence and Mental Tests
		In general, intelligence was looked upon as a mental force in some manner related to a body, and which adjusted the body to certain objects in contact with the body.
		We must remember that, while it may be a mark of intelligence to enlist the aids necessary to become a good lawyer and to seize upon every expedient working for social success, such facts are beside the specific problem of attaining proficiency in the understanding and the administration of legal tradition and legal enactments.
		Such an intelligence, whether described as a general faculty or a multiplicity of specific abilities, belongs with those mysterious elements, the instincts, to the class of psychological impedimenta which not only do not add to our understanding of psychological phenomena, but actually prevent a factual study of them.
	web.utk.edu /~wverplan/kantor/imt.html (3367 words)

	Get Smart: I.Q. and Emotional Intelligence
		Intelligence tests do not measure one thing, but are comprised of a number of component subtests that require individuals to perform various cognitive tasks.
		Factor analysis determines the minimum number of underlying dimensions necessary to explain a pattern of correlations among measurements (3).
		The general intelligence factor has been the foundation of psychometric models, and researchers and theoreticians have used it to make a case for the genetic basis of intelligence and downplay the role of environment.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /bb/neuro/neuro01/web3/DawsonAndoh.html (1593 words)

	Psych 200 Unit 7 Module 3
		Binet assumed that intelligence was essentially unitary; that is, he maintained that the mind possesses one overriding quality, which he believed to beability to effectively adjust to the environment.
		On the basis of his correlational studies he concluded that intelligence could be divided into a general factor (G) and a group of specific factors (S1, S2, S3, etc.).
		Thurstone concluded that each primary factor is composed of an Independent primary factor and a general factor (G) that is shared by all of the primary factors; in other words, intelligence consists of both general ability and a number of specific abilities.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~psych200/unit7/73.htm (1995 words)

	Intelligence and IQ - AssessmentPsychology.com
		Such intelligence tests take many forms, but g theory proponents argue that the common tests (Stanford-Binet, Raven's Progressive Matrices, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Wechsler-Bellevue I, and others) all measure the same dominant form of intelligence, g or "general intelligence".
		Some experts accept the concept of a single dominant factor of intelligence, general mental ability or g, while others argue that intelligence consists of a set of relatively independent abilities (American Psychological Association task force report, Gottfredson 1998).
		When considering animal intelligence, a more general definition of intelligence might be applied: the "ability to adapt effectively to the environment, either by making a change in oneself or by changing the environment or finding a new one" (Encyclopædia Britannica).
	www.assessmentpsychology.com /intelligence.htm (1566 words)

	Intelligence Information on Healthline
		Throughout the 20th century scientists have debated the nature of intelligence, including its heritability and whether (and to what extent) it exists or is measurable.
		A rudimentary forerunner to 20th-century intelligence testing was developed in the 1860s by Charles Darwin's younger cousin, Sir Francis Galton, who, inspired by On the Origin of Species, set out to prove that intelligence was inherited, using quantitative studies of prominent individuals and their families.
		He claims that g (a purported general intelligence factor enabling people to perform fairly consistently on different types of mental tests) is an artificial construct made possible by the fact that standard IQ tests assess only the first three of the seven types of intelligence, ignoring the others.
	www.healthline.com /galecontent/intelligence (894 words)

	Other Publications
		Gottfredson, L. Mainstream science on intelligence: An editorial with 52 signatories, history, and bibliography.
		Gottfredson, L. Societal consequences of the g factor in employment.
		Gottfredson, L. Jensen, Jensenism, and the sociology of intelligence.
	www.udel.edu /educ/gottfredson/reprints/pubtopics.htm (1320 words)

	The General Intelligence Factor, from Scientific American - Christian Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Howard Gardner, the scientist who suggested the multiple intelligence hypothesis, has admitted that a better indicator of intelligence is "general intelligence" as measured by IQ tests.
		For example, Carroll's model states that the categories are as follows: fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, general memory, visual perception, auditory perception, retrieval ability, and cognitive speediness.
		Intelligence and ethics and compassion will succeed, but intelligence, selfishness and lack of compassion will succeed and wreak havoc, for the most part.
	www.christianforums.com /t95519 (833 words)

	Intelligence quotient - Free net encyclopedia
		Template:Totally disputed Template:Redirect Image:6sigmaIQrange.png An intelligence quotient or IQ is a number derived from a set of standardized tests developed to measure a person's cognitive abilities ("intelligence") in relation to their age group.
		An IQ test does not measure intelligence the way a ruler measures height (absolutely), but rather the way a race measures speed (relatively); IQ is described as a "quotient" because, originally, it represented the ratio between a person's "mental age" and actual chronological age.
		It is taken by psychologists to be an excellent proxy for intelligence, and possibly the best measurable definition of intellectual ability, but generally not taken to represent intelligence perfectly.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/IQ (6024 words)

	Intelligence quotient (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		IQ tests do not purport to measure intelligence the way a ruler measures height (absolutely), but rather the way a race measures speed (relatively); IQ is described as a "quotient" because, originally, it represented the ratio between a person's "mental age" and actual chronological age.
		IQ scores have been taken by many psychologists to be a proxy for intelligence, and a measurable definition of certain types of intellectual ability, but generally not taken to measure all meanings of "intelligence" (e.g., creativity).
		In 1912, the abbreviation of "intelligence quotient" or I.Q., a translation of the German Intelligenz-quotient, was coined by the German psychologist William Stern.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_IQ (5593 words)

	Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns
		By convention, overall intelligence test scores are usuallv converted to a scale in which the mean is 100 and the standard deviation is 15.
		Intelligence develops in all children through the continually shifting balance between the assimilation of new information into existing cognitive structures and the accommodation of those structures themselves to the new information.
		Standardized intelligence test scores ("IQs"), which reflect a person's standing in relation to his or her age cohort, are based on tests that tap a number of different abilities.
	www.michna.com /intelligence.htm (19213 words)

	Psychology 346IC -- Evolution, IQ, and Domain General Psychological Mechanisms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		According to his hypothesis, general intelligence allowed humans to adapt to rapidly changing climates of the Pleistocene and greatly increased their range of settlement.
		Research on intelligence has consistently found that more intelligent people are better at attaining goals in unfamiliar and novel conditions characterized by a minimal amount of prior knowledge.
		General intelligence is at the top of a hierarchy of cognitive mechanisms.
	www.csulb.edu /~kmacd/346IQ.html (1764 words)

	Stalking the Wild Taboo - Miller - The g Factor
		Actually, The g Factor: General Intelligence and its implications provides a good readable discussion of what is known about intelligence that differs in most aspects little from what other authors have said (Herrenstein and Murray,1994, Jensen, 1980, 1981, Seligman, 1992, Rushton, 1995, Itzkoff,1994, etc).
		The title of The g Factor arises from the psychometricians' use of the letter g to stand for the general factor which can be extracted from performance on a battery of mental performance chapters.
		After a brief history of concepts of intelligence and of mental testing, the remarkable fact is presented that performance on most mental tests are correlated.
	www.lrainc.com /swtaboo/stalkers/em_gfact.html (3863 words)

	General Intelligence Factor: History - K12 Academics
		The first is the factor specific to an individual mental task: the individual abilities that would make a person more skilled at one cognitive task than another.
		The second is g, a general factor that governs performance on all cognitive tasks.
		A hierarchy of factors with g at its apex and group factors at successively lower levels, is presently the most widely accepted model of cognitive ability.
	www.k12academics.com /g_history.htm (216 words)

	Psychology 361 -- Intelligence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		IQ (Intelligence quotient) is an index of how people perform on a standardized intelligence test relative to others of the same age.
		An intelligent person would be able to transfer research skills formed as a psychology major to a job as a stock broker.
		This is not the case with general intelligence where people high on g are good at a whole range of cognitive tasks.
	www.csulb.edu /~kmacd/361IQ.html (1607 words)

	Adaptive Artificial Intelligence Inc.-Research Real A.I. Intro
		General intelligence doesn't comprise one single, brilliant knock-out invention or design feature; instead, it emerges from the synergetic integration of a number of essential fundamental components.
		Their stance contradicts the fact that humans possess general intelligence; we are able to effectively deal with a wide range of problems that are significantly beyond anything that could be called our 'ecological niche'.
		General intelligence is the key to achieving robust autonomous systems that can learn and adapt to a wide range of uses.
	www.adaptiveai.com /research/index.htm (9605 words)

	The General Intelligence Factor
		Journalists, too, often present a view of intelligence research that is exactly the opposite of what most intelligence experts believe.
		The answer, based on decades of intelligence research, is an unequivocal yes.
		Intelligence as measured by IQ tests is the single most effective predictor known of individual performance at school and on the job.
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