GENECES: A framework for intellectual abilities and theories of them |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA;2. Neurotrope, Inc., 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036, USA;3. Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;4. Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, 2104 Plant Sciences Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA;5. Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK;6. Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany;7. Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | It is proposed that the centrality of intellectual abilities can be assessed in terms of two criteria: (a) the generality of the ability in performances on tasks requiring adaptation to, selection of, and shaping of, real-world environments, and (b) the necessity of these abilities in performing these tasks. The two criteria taken together are given the acronym GENECES (Generality and NECESsity). The article opens with a discussion of the problems of arbitrariness of criteria for deciding on tests to measure central intellectual abilities—first for a posteriori bases of criteria selection, and second for a priori criteria. The article then discusses why the GENECES framework may be useful in selecting tasks and in evaluating the centrality of abilities to intelligence. |
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