On the Relation between Microlevel Processing Efficiency and Macrolevel Measures of Intelligence: Some Arguments against Current Reductionism.

Ceci, Stephen J.

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ERIC Number: EJ414332

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Publication Date: 1990

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On the Relation between Microlevel Processing Efficiency and Macrolevel Measures of Intelligence: Some Arguments against Current Reductionism.

Ceci, Stephen J.

Intelligence, v14 n2 p141-50 Apr-Jun 1990

The assumption that a singular biological resource pool embedded in the central nervous system results in differences in macrolevel outcomes because of the constraints it imposes on efficiencies of microlevel processing is refuted. Moderating effects on the causal pathways between microlevel and macrolevel performance are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes, Environmental Influences, Epistemology, Genetics, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Measures (Individuals), Neurological Organization, Outcomes of Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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