Human intelligence
By: Earl Hunt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9780521881623; 9780521707817
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. It 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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 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.