Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 507 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511781308
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9780521881623
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9780521707817
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jul 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521881623
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521881623
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511781308
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