Phlogiston, fluid intelligence, and the Lynn-Flynn effect

Author(s)
Martin Voracek
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. Π2006 Cambridge University Press.

Organisation(s)
Project: Family Studies in Austria
Journal
Behavioral and Brain Sciences: an international journal of current research and theory with open peer commentary
Volume
29
Pages
142-143
No. of pages
2
ISSN
0140-525X
Publication date
2006
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
5010 Psychology
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/phlogiston-fluid-intelligence-and-the-lynnflynn-effect(b6aae1b8-d18f-48b9-a3c5-3bca9743c86d).html