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The concept of intelligence—subsuming the belief that intelligence is relatively easy to measure and that, as a monolithic construct, it is a useful predictor of subsequent human behavior—is firmly entrenched in the mind of Western man.
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Lewis, M. (1983). On the Nature of Intelligence. In: Lewis, M. (eds) Origins of Intelligence. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0322-8_1
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