The Nature of Intelligence.

Abstract

This article discusses the nature of intelligence, introducing a new distinction between macrocomponents and microcomponents of human intelligence. Macrocomponents are the global-level constellations of processes that are formed from concatenations of microcomponents, and include general, academic, practical, crystallized, and fluid intelligence, as well as motivation. Microcomponents are fairly elementary operations such as inference and application of analogical relations. The article considers what the macrocomponents and microcomponents of intelligence are, and examines the extent to which IQ tests measure these components. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093210

Entities

People

  • Robert Sternberg

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Biological Sciences
  • Education
  • Factor Analysis
  • Human Intelligence
  • Information Processing
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Intelligence Tests
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms