CONCLUDING STATEMENT
This chapter has attempted to make 15 points.
I. Information is the source but not the substance of knowledge .
2. Useful knowledge is a structure of relations among concepts and
principles .
3. The peculiar excellence of human beings is their abi lity to produce and to
use verbal knowledge.
4. Cognitive abilities are entirely dependent on the possession of relevant
knowledge.
5. The assumption that each kind of cognitive task requires a separate special
cognitive abi lity is unnecessary and probably unwarranted.
6. Special tasks are more likely to require special knowledge than special
abi lities.