"The G Factor" is about variance in human abilities, not a cognitive theory of mental structure

Psycoloquy

Volumn 11, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Jensen, Arthur R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Cognitive modelling; Evoked potentials; Evolutionary psychology; Factor analysis; g factor; Heritability; Individual differences; Intelligence; IQ; Neurometrics; Psychometrics; Psychophyiology; Skills; Spearman; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344690782     PISSN: 10550143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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