Overview

The question 'What is intelligence?' may seem simple to answer, but the study and measurement of human intelligence is one of the most controversial subjects in psychology. For much of its history, the focus has been on differences between people, on what it means for one person to be more intelligent than another, and how such differences might have arisen, obscuring efforts to understand the general nature of intelligence. These are obviously fundamental questions, still widely debated and misunderstood. New definitions of intelligence and new factors affecting intelligence are frequently being described, while psychometric testing is applied in most large industries.IQ and Human Intelligence provides a clear, authoritative overview of the main issues surrounding this fascinating area, including the development of IQ tests, the heritability of intelligence, theories of intelligence, environmental effects on IQ, factor analysis, relationship of cognitive psychology to measuring IQ, and intelligence in the social context. The clear, accessible style and numerous explanatory boxes make this the ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology. Online Resource CentreThe Online Resource Centre to accompany IQ and Human Intelligence features the following resources:For registered adopters of the text:- Figures from the book, available to downloadFor students:- Hyperlinks to primary literature articles cited in the and 'Further Reading' sections of the book

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Author:   Nicholas MacKintosh (Emeritus Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge University, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.864kg
ISBN:  

9780199585595

ISBN 10:   0199585598
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   03 March 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1: The early development and uses of IQ tests 2: Psychometric theories of intelligence 3: The search for cognitive processes underlying components of IQ: Gs or speed and efficiency of information processing 4: Verbal, spatial and fluid abilities: Gc, Gv and Gf 5: Associative learning, working memory and executive control 6: Intelligence and the brain 7: Theories of g 8: The stability of IQ and the rise and fall of intelligence 9: The predictive validity of IQ - and its limits 10: Is this all? Multiple aspects of intelligence 11: Heritability: Kinship studies and single genes 12: The environment: secular changes and social class 13: Group differences 14: Sex differences 15: Epilogue

Reviews

`Review from previous edition Mackintosh's new book is to be welcomed: it is comprehensive, up-to-date, well-informed, critical, and manages to offer a balanced introduction to the study of intelligence. ' Swiss Journal of Psychology, v.59 no.3, Sep. 2000

Review from previous edition Mackintosh's new book is to be welcomed: it is comprehensive, up-to-date, well-informed, critical, and manages to offer a balanced introduction to the study of intelligence. Swiss Journal of Psychology, v.59 no.3, Sep. 2000

Author Information

Nicholas Mackintosh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge University, having been Head of the Department from 1981 to 2002, and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1987 and has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Pennsylvania, California (at Berkeley), Hawaii, New South Wales, Bryn Mawr College, Universite de Paris (Sud), and Yale University. He has authored several books, including The Psychology of Animal Learning, Conditioning and Associative Learning , and Cyril Burt: Fraud or Framed.

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