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submitted 5 months ago by hydroptic@sopuli.xyz to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

intelligence as an abstract trait

I read something about this two days ago, it's called "g factor" or something. And yes, it follows a normal distribution.

Apparently, it's very similar in animals than it is in humans.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

The g factor is actually a psychometric construct to an extent, and its distribution isn't known but it's generally thought that it's probably normally distributed. Basically the g factor just summarizes how results on a bunch of different cognitive tasks tend to correlate.