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Traditionally, differential and cognitive approaches have emphasized different dimensions of adult intelligence. Differential psychology has sought to represent intellectual functioning in terms of structural models of human abilities (Cattell, 1971; Guilford, 1967). Much of the emphasis in this approach has been on idividual differences in intellectual ability. In contrast, cognitive psychology has focused on identifying the cognitive processes and strategies involved in intellectual functioning (Newell and Simon, 1972; Sternberg, 1977). It has been suggested that cognitive psychology provides a more dynamic approach to the study of intelligence in that the focus is on the processing of information, whereas psychometric ability factors represent static products of cognition.
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Willis, S.L., Baltes, P.B., Cornelius, S.W. (1981). Development and Modifiability of Adult Intellectual Performance: An Examination of Cognitive Intervention in Later Adulthood. In: Friedman, M.P., Das, J.P., O’Connor, N. (eds) Intelligence and Learning. NATO Conference Series, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1083-9_15
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