The concept of intelligence in psychology as a fallacy of misplaced concreteness

Interchange

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 231-244

  Mark, Flynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Causal relation; Concrete aesthetic experience; Dysfunctional; Eugenics; Fallacy of misplaced concreteness; Functional behaviours; Mental hygiene; Naive science; Normal; Social efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044469757     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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