"General Intelligence," Objectively Determined and Measured

1904/04/01 by C. Spearman · 6,243 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cognitive psychology #Intelligence, Security, War Strategy #Psychology

paper · doi:10.2307/1412107

published in The American Journal of Psychology 15(2), 201 (University of Illinois Press)

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