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Intelligence and Cognition: Contemporary Frames of Reference pp 349–375Cite as

A General Systems Approach to the Measurement of Intelligence and Personality

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In recent years, general systems theory has become widely accepted and used, particularly in the biological sciences. Bertalanffy (1972) has pointed out “that order or organization of a whole or system, transcending its parts when these are considered in isolation, is nothing metaphysical, not an anthropomorphic superstition or a philosophical speculation; it is a fact of observation encountered whenever we look at a living system, a social group, or even an atom.” (p.23.) He contrasts this new development with the Galilean or “resolutive” method, that is, the resolution and reduction of complex phenomena into elementary parts and processes. “Reductionism” would thus be considered the opposite of general systems, theory.

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Eysenck, H.J. (1987). A General Systems Approach to the Measurement of Intelligence and Personality. In: Irvine, S.H., Newstead, S.E. (eds) Intelligence and Cognition: Contemporary Frames of Reference. NATO ASI Series, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9437-5_8

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