Traditional theories of intelligence either prioritize a psychometric or a cognitive perspective, but their limitations and incompatibilities hinder a comprehensive understanding. Contemporary theories, like the process overlap theory (POT; Kovacs & …
Process overlap theory (POT) is a new theoretical framework designed to account for the general factor of intelligence (g). According to POT, g does not reflect a general cognitive ability. Instead, g is the result of multiple domain-general …
Strong theories are sorely lacking in the applied social sciences, especially in psychology. Elko Fried (2020) identifies fundamental problems that are common in social science research and explains how these problems manifest themselves in the …
Confirmatory latent factor models on simulated data indicate that a higher-order g can emergy even without a common cause.