Human Intelligence

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-108-70386-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 994 g

Human Intelligence is the most comprehensive, current, and readable textbook available today. Written by leading experts in the field, the text includes IQ-test-based, biological, cognitive, cultural, and systems-based perspectives. It also addresses genetic and environmental influences, extremes of intelligence, group differences, lifespan development, the relationship of intelligence and other psychological attributes, and educational interventions. Specific pedagogical features make the text ideal for teaching. Introductions briefly preview what is to come in each chapter. Key terms and concepts are bolded and defined in the text as they are introduced and also found in a glossary at the end of the book. Chapter summaries highlight major points of each chapter, and comprehension and reflection questions help students check their understanding of the material they have just read. Each chapter also includes a 'Focus on Contemporary Research' box that describes in vivid detail the chapter author's current research. A rich program of tables, figures, photos, and samples from research tools throughout help students understand the material in a concrete way.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sternberg, Robert J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction: 1. What is intelligence and what are the big questions about it? Robert J. Sternberg; 2. Approaches to understanding human intelligence Robert J. Sternberg; Part II. Approaches to Studying Intelligence: 3. Early history of theory and research on intelligence Robert J. Sternberg; 4. Psychometric approaches to intelligence Alan S. Kaufman, W. Joel Schneider and James C. Kaufman; 5. Cognitive approaches to intelligence Victor J. Ellingsen and Randall W. Engle; 6. Biological approaches to intelligence Richard J. Haier; 7. Cultural approaches to intelligence Robert J. Sternberg; 8. Systems approaches to intelligence Robert J. Sternberg; Part III. Theories on the Development of Intelligence: 9. Genetics/genomics and intelligence Mei Tan and Elena L. Grigorenko; 10. Environment and intelligence James R. Flynn and Robert J. Sternberg; 11. Lifespan development of intelligence Christopher Hertzog; Part IV. Applications of Intelligence Research: 12. Extremes of intelligence Julian G. Elliott and Wilma C. Resing; 13. Group differences in intelligence Diane F. Halpern and Tomoe Kanaya; 14. The predictive value of intelligence Paul R. Sackett, Oren R. Shewach and Jeffrey A. Dahlke; 15. The relationship of intelligence to other psychological traits Colin G. DeYoung; 16. Intelligence, education and society Richard E. Mayer.

Über Autor(innen)

Sternberg, Robert J.
Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University, New York. He is also Honorary Professor of Psychology at Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Universität, Germany, and was previously IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University, Connecticut. He has won the William James and James McKeen Cattell Awards from the Association for Psychological Science and the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology.