Human intelligence
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Human intelligence
Cambridge University Press, 2011
- : Hardback
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-484) and indexes
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is a comprehensive survey of our scientific knowledge about human intelligence, written by a researcher who has spent more than 30 years studying the field, receiving a Lifetime Contribution award from the International Society for Intelligence. Human Intelligence takes a non-ideological view of a topic in which, too often, writings are dominated by a single theory or social viewpoint. The book discusses the conceptual status of intelligence as a collection of cognitive skills that include, but also go beyond, those skills evaluated by conventional tests; intelligence tests and their analysis; contemporary theories of intelligence; biological and social causes of intelligence; the importance of intelligence in social, industrial, and educational spheres; the role of intelligence in determining success in life, both inside and outside educational settings; and the nature and causes of variations in intelligence across age, gender, and racial and ethnic groups.
Table of Contents
- Introductory remarks
- 1. The issue of intelligence
- 2. The tests
- 3. On theory
- 4. Psychometric theories
- 5. Taking intelligence beyond psychometrics
- 6. The mechanics of intelligence
- 7. Intelligence and the brain
- 8. The genetic basis of intelligence
- 9. Environmental effects on intelligence
- 10. What use is intelligence?
- 11. The demography of intelligence
- 12. Summary and prospectus.
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