Contemporary theories of intelligence have expanded beyond unitary cognitive models to include emotional, metacognitive, and contextual dimensions. Despite this progress, the field remains fragmented, lacking a unified framework that specifies how analytic reasoning, affective information, and regulatory coordination interact to sustain adaptive functioning. The present paper introduces the Triad of Intelligence (TOI) and the Convergent–Divergent–Integrative (CDI) thinking model as a constrained, theory-development framework addressing this gap.
The TOI delineates three interdependent domains of intelligence—Cognitive Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, and Integrative Intelligence—each contributing distinct functional roles within an adaptive regulatory system. Cognitive Intelligence supports analytic precision and constraint, Emotional Intelligence provides affective salience and contextual meaning, and Integrative Intelligence governs the coordination, timing, and sequencing of these processes. The CDI model specifies the dynamic process through which these domains are regulated over time. Intelligence is conceptualized as an oscillatory system characterized by transitions among convergent, divergent, and integrative processing modes.
Rather than defining intelligence as a static capacity or a collection of abilities, the TOI–CDI framework conceptualizes intelligence as regulated balance in motion, emerging from the efficient coordination of structure and process under changing demands. The manuscript clarifies the theoretical scope and limits of the framework, explicitly distinguishing it from personality typologies, moral hierarchies, and trait-based accounts. It further outlines empirically tractable predictions across behavioral, physiological, and neurobiological levels, emphasizing coordination and transition efficiency rather than isolated performance maxima.
By integrating structural and dynamic perspectives within a bounded theoretical architecture, the TOI–CDI framework advances a unified account of intelligence that accommodates individual variability, neurodivergence, and contextual sensitivity. This approach provides a foundation for future empirical investigation and interdisciplinary dialogue concerning the nature of adaptive intelligence.
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