Book Description
Hardbound. 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 illustrate the impressive power g has with respect to predicting educational achievement, getting an attractive job, or social stratification.
The book is divided into six parts as follows: Part I presents the most recent higher-stream analysis of cognitive abilities, Part II deals with biological aspects of g, such as research on bra
JA Majors Book Info
Univ. of Aarhus, Risskov, Denmark. Traces the history of intelligence from the early 19th century approaches to the most recent analyses of the hierarchical structure of cognitive abilities. Documents the transition from seriously confused concept of intelligence to the development of an objective measure of psychometric g.
