Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction

✍ Scribed by Ian J. Deary

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2001.
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 164
• Series: A very short introduction, 39
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ian Deary addresses a range of intelligences in this concise introduction. He considers whether intelligence differences are caused by genes or the environment and whether intelligence declines or increases as human beings grow older.

Preface ; List of illustrations ; A word about correlation ; 1. To see 'g' or not to see 'g': How many types of intelligence are there? ; 2. Ageing and intelligence - senility or sagacity? What happens to mental abilities as we grow older? ; 3. Brainy? Why are some people cleverer than others? ; 4. 'They **** you up your Mum and Dad': Are intelligence differences a result of genes or environments or both? ; 5. The (b)right man for the job: Does intelligence matter? ; 6. The lands of the rising IQ: Is intelligence changing generation by generation? ; 7. Twelve angry men: Getting experts to agree about human intelligence differences ; Further reading ; Index

✦ Table of Contents

INTELLIGENCE
......Page 1
NTELLIGENCE
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Contents
......Page 9
Preface and acknowledgements
......Page 13
A word about correlation
......Page 16
To follow this area up ...
......Page 20
To see ‘g’ or not to see ‘g’ • • •
......Page 23
Key dataset 1
......Page 24
Key dataset 2
......Page 35
What research is currently going on in this area?
......Page 37
To follow this area up...
......Page 38
Ageing and intelligence: senility or sagacity?
......Page 41
Key dataset 3
......Page 42
TEST
......Page 46
Key dataset 4
......Page 49
Key dataset 5
......Page 57
What research is currently going on in this area?
......Page 62
To follow this area up .
......Page 63
Why are some people cleverer than others?
......Page 65
Brain size
......Page 67
Key dataset 6
......Page 70
The brain’s electrical activity
......Page 71
The efficiency of visual processing
......Page 76
Reaction time
......Page 81
What research is currently going on in this area?
......Page 86
To follow this area up ...
......Page 88
Are intelligence differences a result of genes or environments or both?
......Page 89
Key dataset 7 Twins
......Page 90
A
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Key dataset 8 Adoptees
......Page 103
Key dataset 9
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To follow this area up . ..
......Page 110
Does intelligence matter?
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Key dataset 10
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To follow this area up ...
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Is intelligence increasing generation after generation?
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Key dataset 11
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To follow this area up...
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A key working party
......Page 136
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST
......Page 137
To follow this area up...
......Page 143
Further reading
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F
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N
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T
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V
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A Very Short Introduction
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INTELLIGENCE
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