Intelligence, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Nathan Brody

• Publisher: Academic Press, Inc.
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 408
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"This is the Second Edition of Nathan Brody's popular book Intelligence, originally published in 1976. It presents a comprehensive review of contemporary research in this field, including coverage of such controversial topics as the genetic and environmental influences on IQ and individual and group differences in intelligence. The book also discusses both the psychometric and cognitive approaches to intelligence as well as new theories in the field.
Key Features
* Discusses both the psychometric and cognitive approaches to intelligence
* Provides a comprehensive review of contemporary research in this realm
* Covers new theories of intelligence"

"This is a well-written, comprehensive review of the current issues in the field. The analyses are detailed, accurate, and illuminating as they point up a number of specific questions that require and are amenable to research. It should serve well as the primarly text for upperlevel undergraduate or graduate courses on intelligence." --CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY

"There are eleven chapters in this volume. The first two chapters describe the structure of intellect. Chapter 1 is historical and deals with the works of Binet and Spearman, among others. Chapter 2 deals with contemporary psychometric analyses of the structure of intellect and includes a discussion of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence. Chapters 3 and 4 deal with the experimental study of intelligence. Chapter 3 is concerned with attempts to relate general intelligence to elementary cognitive processes, and Chapter 4 deals with more complex views of the basis of intelligence and includes a discussion of componential analysis. Chapters 5 and 6 deal with the behavior genetics of individual differences in intelligence. Chapter 5 focuses on genetic influences, and Chapter 6 is concerned with environmental influences. Chapter 7 contains a brief discussion of research on the biological basis of intelligence. Chapter 8 deals with stability and change in intelligence over the life span. The three remaining chapters in the volume may be thought of as a discussion of socially relevant issues related to intelligence. Chapter 9 explicitly considers the relationship between intelligence and socially relevant outcomes, including the relationship between intelligence and education. Chapter 10 deals with race and gender differences in IQ. Chapter 11 considers dimensions other than IQ that are related to social competence."

✦ Table of Contents

• Preface
• Historical Background
  -- Spearman's 1904 Paper
  -- Binet and Simon's Test of Intelligence
  -- Binet and Spearman
  -- Thomson and Spearman
  -- Spearman and Thurstone
• The Structure Of Intellect
  -- The Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Ability
  -- Guttman's Radex Theory
  -- Guilford's Theory
  -- Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence
  -- Conclusion
• g And Basic Information-Processing Skills: The Search For The Holy Grail
  -- Reaction Time and Intelligence
  -- Inspection Time
  -- Infant Habituation
  -- Conclusion
• Multiple And Complex Correlates Of Intelligence
  -- Multiple Cognitive Correlates of Intelligence
  -- The Complex Correlates of Intelligence
  -- Componential Analysis
  -- Conclusion
• Behavior Genetics Of Intelligence
  -- Introduction
  -- Twin Studies
  -- Family Studies
  -- Quantitative Estimates
  -- Developmental Behavior Genetics
  -- Special Abilities
  -- Conclusion
• Environmental Determinants Of Intelligence
  -- Between-Family Environmental Effects
  -- Interventions to Increase Intelligence
  -- Changes in Intelligence Attributable to Education
  -- Within-Family Environmental Influences
  -- The Biological Environment and Intelligence
  -- Conclusion
• Biological Correlates Of Intelligence
  -- Anatomical and Physical Correlates of Intelligence
  -- Functional Properties of the Nervous
  -- System and Intelligence
  -- Conclusion
• Continuity And Change In Intelligence
  -- Is Intelligence Fixed?
  -- Life-Span Change
  -- Conclusion
• Correlates Of Intelligence
  -- Intelligence and Education
  -- Intelligence and Occupations
  -- Other Correlates of Intelligence
  -- Conclusion
• Group Differences In Intelligence
  -- Black---White Differences
  -- The Intelligence of Japanese and Chinese Groups
  -- Gender Differences in Intelligence
• Beyond IQ: Social Intelligence And Personality
  -- Social Intelligence
  -- Personality and Intelligence
• Epilogue: The Future Of Intelligence
  -- Research
  -- The Future of Tests
• Literature Cited
• Index

✦ Subjects

intelligence, IQ testing, fluid intelligence, Spearman, Binet, Thurston, factor analysis, multiple intelligence, g, reaction time, inspection time, information processing, behavioral genetics, nature vs nurture, twin studies, family studies, biological correlates of intelligence, education, racial differences, black-white IQ gap