Wallach and Wing

Wallach and Wing (1969) found that scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) predict classroom achievement, but not achievement in extracurricular pursuits such as leadership, writing, science, and art. Achievement in these fields depends not on intelligence, but on ideational productivity or effort. "Cognitive vitality" or energy may be a more important predictor of talent than intelligence. A more contemporary approach might suggest that self- or peer rated "intellect" or "openness to experience" (the fifth factor in the five-factor model) may be more important than scores on IQ tests in predicting creative extracurricular achievement.

Intelligence A:

Elementary Information Processing

Intelligence B:

Acquired Problem-Solving Skills

Intelligence C:

Artifact of Averaging Unlike Abilities

Wallach and Wing

Cognitive Vitality

Binet

Intelligence Quotient

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Fluid IntelligenceCrystalized Intelligence

Eysenck

Intelligence AIntelligence BIntelligence C

Galton

Neural Processing Speed

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Reified Abstraction

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Neural Processing Speed

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Positive Manifold

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Practical IntelligenceAnalytic (Academic) Intelligence

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Primary Mental Abilities

Intelligence A:

Elementary Information Processing

Intelligence B:

Acquired Problem-Solving Skills

Intelligence C:

Artifact of Averaging Unlike Abilities

Reference

Wallach, M. A., & Wing, C. W., Jr. (1969). The talented student. New York: Holt.

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