Intelligence_A Very Short Introduction

✍ Scribed by Ian J. Deary

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 132
Series: Very short introductions 39
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

For people with little or no knowledge of the science of human intelligence, this volume takes readers to a stage where they are able to make judgments for themselves about the key questions of human mental ability. Each chapter addresses a central scientific issue but does so in a way that is lively and completely accessible. Issues discussed include whether there are several different types of intelligence, whether intelligence differences are caused by genes or the environment, the biological basis of intelligence levels, and whether intelligence declines as we grow older.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: 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