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ERIC Number: EJ205808
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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The Rise and Fall of Human Abilities.
Horn, John L.
Journal of Research and Development in Education, v12 n2 p59-78 Win 1979
Intended as a nontechnical review of current scientific knowledge in the field, this essay considers the nature of primary and secondary intellectual abilities, plus the major features of, and the development of individual differences in, the skills and capacities constituting intelligence. Part of a theme issue on intelligence. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Developmental Stages, Human Development, Individual Differences, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Models, Neurological Organization, State of the Art Reviews, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Crystallized Intelligence; Fluid Intelligence