Relational flexibility is an important component of intelligence.
The allegation that relational flexibility, measured by faster responding on IRAP and smaller difference-scores, predicts higher IQ is put forward by O´Tool and Barnes-Holmes in the latest issue of The Psychological Record.
They base this allegation on research investigating the relationship between responding on IRAP and the intelligence test Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT). This study follow up other research in this field (ex. O´Hara), and support the notion that derived relational responding is important for human cognition and human intelligence.
The most interesting is how it gives an behavior analytic understanding of human intelligence, and therefore possible to design effective and data-based educational intervention targeting intelligence. As this research evolves it should have great impact on education both in general education and special education.
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