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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
N J Mackintosh |
| ISBN: | 0198523688 9780198523680 019852367X 9780198523673 |
| OCLC Number: | 38862595 |
| Description: | ix, 419 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | The early development and uses of IQ tests -- The origins of IQ testing -- Uses and abuses of IQ tests -- Psychometric theories of intelligence -- The variety of IQ tests: one intelligence or many? -- What do IQ tests measure? Test validity -- What do IQ tests measure? Test reliability and the stability of IQ -- The heritability of IQ -- The meaning of heritability -- The measurement of heritability -- Analysis of kinship correlations -- Quantitative estimates of heritability -- The mechanism of heritability -- Environmental effects on IQ -- Secular changes in IQ -- Environmental correlations and environmental causes -- Social class and IQ -- Physical environment -- Demography: family size and birth order -- Parental behaviour and family environment -- Education and IQ -- Group differences -- Social class -- Ethnic groups -- Sex differences -- Factor analysis and the structure of human abilities -- The factor analytic approach -- The interpretation of the general factor -- The search for general intelligence: simple behavioural and neurological correlates of IQ -- Neurological correlates of IQ -- Behavioural measures of speed of information processing -- Correlations with g or with group factors? -- The search for cognitive operations underlying specific components of IQ: verbal and spatial abilities -- Crystallized ability (Gc) -- Spatial ability (Gv) -- Fluid intelligence, reasoning, and problem solving -- Analyses of reasoning and problem solving -- Working memory -- The central executive and executive control. |
| Other Titles: | Intelligence quotient and human intelligence |
| Responsibility: | N.J. Mackintosh. |
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