UID:
almahu_9947365866702882
Format:
1 online resource (669 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-92721-6
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9786610927210
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0-08-051666-1
Content:
This book celebrates two triumphs in modern psychology: the successful development and application of a solid measure of general intelligence; and the personal courage and skills of the man who made this possible - Arthur R. Jensen from Berkeley University. The volume traces the history of intelligence from the early 19th century approaches, to the most recent analyses of the hierarchical structure of cognitive abilities, and documents the transition from a hopelessly confused concept of intelligence to the development of an objective measure of psychometric g. The contributions illust
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Scientfic Study of General Intelligence; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; General Introduction: Arthur Jensen - The Man, His Friends and This Book; Part I: The g Factor; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Higher-stratum Structure of Cognitive Abilities: Current Evidence Supports g and About Ten Broad Factors; Part II: The Biology of g; Introduction; Chapter 2. Brain Imaging and g; Chapter 3. Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Intelligence: From Psychometrics to Neurobiology; Chapter 4. Reaction Time and Psychometric Intelligence: Jensen's Contributions
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Chapter 5. Inspection Time and gChapter 6. Factors Influencing the Relationship Between Brain Size and Intelligence; Chapter 7. Molecular Genetics and g; Part III: The Demography of g; Introduction; Chapter 8. The Geography of Intelligence; Chapter 9. Race Differences in g and the "Jensen Effect"; Chapter 10. Sex Differences in g; Part IV: The g Nexus; Introduction; Chapter 11. Genius and g. Intelligence and Exceptional Achievement; Chapter 12. Mental Retardation and g; Chapter 13. The Ubiquitous Role of g in Training; Chapter 14. Education and g; Chapter 15. g, Jobs and Life
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Chapter 16. Crime, Delinquency and Intelligence. A Review of the World wide LiteraturePart V: Reservations About g; Introduction; Chapter 17. "My House is a Very Very Very Fine House" - But it is Not the Only House; Chapter 18. Jensen's Genetic Interpretation of Racial Differences in Intelligence. Critical Evaluation; Chapter 19. New Concepts of Intelligence. Their Practical and Legal Implications for Employee Selection; Chapter 20. The Sociology of Psychometric and Bio-behavioral Sciences. A Case Study of Destructive Social Reductionism and Collective Fraud in 20th Century Academia
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Chapter 21. Why Ignore the g Factor? - Historical ConsiderationsPart VI: Epilogues; Chapter 22. An Arthurian Romance; Chapter 23. Jensen as a Teacher and Mentor; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-08-043793-1
Language:
English
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