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IQ and human intelligence

Author: N J Mackintosh
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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