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fluid intelligence
a factor of general intelligence originally identified by Raymond Cattell; Cattell defined fluid intelligence as "…the ability to perceive relationships independent of previous specific practice or instruction concerning those relationships." Fluid intelligence is the ability to think and reason abstractly and solve problems. This ability is considered independent of learning, experience, and education.

Definition contributed by BGregory about nine months ago.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/a/fluid-crystal.htm
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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
a factor of general intelligence originally identified by Raymond Cattell; Cattell defined fluid intelligence as "…the ability to perceive relationships independent of previous specific practice or instruction concerning those relationships." Fluid intelligence is the ability to think and reason abstractly and solve problems. This ability is considered independent of learning, experience, and education. (From http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/a/fluid-crystal.htm)

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2011-05-18 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for fluid intelligence. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/fluid_intelligence]
2011-05-17 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
2010-04-29 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for fluid intelligence. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/fluid_intelligence]
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