Research Catalog
Human intelligence
- Title
- Human intelligence / Earl Hunt.
- Author
- Hunt, Earl B.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 11-132 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 507 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "This book is a comprehensive survey of our scientific knowledge about human intelligence, written by a researcher who has spent more than 30 years studying the field. It takes a non-ideological view of a topic in which, too often, writings are dominated by a single theory or social viewpoint. The book discusses the conceptual status of intelligence as a collection of cognitive skills that include, but also go beyond, those skills evaluated by conventional tests; intelligence tests and their analysis; contemporary theories of intelligence; biological and social causes of intelligence; the importance of intelligence in social, industrial, and educational spheres; the role of intelligence in determining success in life, both inside and outside educational settings; and the nature and causes of variations in intelligence across age, gender, and racial and ethnic groups"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introductory remarks; 1. The issue of intelligence; 2. The tests; 3. On theory; 4. Psychometric theories; 5. Taking intelligence beyond psychometrics; 6. The mechanics of intelligence; 7. Intelligence and the brain; 8. The genetic basis of intelligence; 9. Environmental effects on intelligence; 10. What use is intelligence?; 11. The demography of intelligence; 12. Summary and prospectus.
- Call Number
- JFF 11-132
- ISBN
- 9780521881623 (hardback)
- 0521881625 (hardback)
- 9780521707817 (pbk.)
- 0521707811 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2010038696
- OCLC
- YBP 2010038696
- Author
- Hunt, Earl B.
- Title
- Human intelligence / Earl Hunt.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 11-132