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Phlogiston, fluid intelligence, and the Lynn–Flynn effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2006

Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Vienna, A-1010Vienna, Austriahttp://mailbox.univie.ac.at/martin.voracek/
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Abstract

Blair's assertion that fluid intelligence (gF) is distinct from general intelligence (g) is contradictory to cumulative evidence from intelligence research, including extant and novel evidence about generational IQ gains (Lynn–Flynn effect). Because of the near unity of gF and g, his hypothetical concept of gF' (gF “purged” of g variance) may well be a phlogiston theory.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 142 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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