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Ideological Aspects of Research on Personality and Intelligence

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International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence

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In a volume filled with research findings and incisive, state-of-the-art theoretical analysis, is this chapter necessary? In a volume such as this one, the presence of a chapter on ideology has to be justified, or at least explained. Would the presentation of the field not have been complete without it? Do we really need this kind of reflection from the sidelines of actual research? At the outset, I also need to define (and possibly justify) my terms of reference.

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Beit-Hallahmi, B. (1995). Ideological Aspects of Research on Personality and Intelligence. In: Saklofske, D.H., Zeidner, M. (eds) International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5571-8_3

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