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The ‘Scientific Approach’ to Intelligence: An Overview of Its History with Special Reference to Mental Speed

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At the turn of the century mental testing was in a state of crisis, at least in so far as the psychology of intelligence was concerned. This aura of crisis is well illustrated by Spearman’s (1904b) review of the early attempts to relate mental test scores to various criteria of academic competence.

‘And does the history of mental testing belong in the history of experimental psychology? Not really……’

Boring 1957

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Berger, M. (1985). The ‘Scientific Approach’ to Intelligence: An Overview of Its History with Special Reference to Mental Speed. In: Eysenck, H.J. (eds) A Model for Intelligence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68664-1_2

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