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“Intelligence” is a generic term encompassing a tightly knit network of constructs including cognitive abilities, cognitive skills, acculturated knowledge, etc. Within this network, there are two major components of “intelligence” that are distinguishable and amenable to precise operational or empirical descriptions: (a) the ability to learn new things and solve novel problems (i.e., abilities; fluid intelligence) and (b) the outcomes of learning, namely, the achievement of acquired knowledge and skills that are dependent on prior experience within a specific cultural context (i.e., developed intellect; crystallized intelligence). General cognitive ability, or g which is the core of intelligence, is formally defined as the “eduction of relations and correlates” (Jensen 1998; Reeve and Bonaccio 2011; Spearman 1927), that is, the ability to infer or...
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Reeve, C.L.L. (2020). Intelligence. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_981
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