The Cambridge handbook of intelligence [electronic resource] / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Scott Barry Kaufman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge handbooks in psychologyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xix, 984 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 153.9 22
LOC classification:
  • BF431 .C26837 2011eb
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Contents:
pt. 1. Intelligence and its measurement -- pt. 2. Development of intelligence -- pt. 3. Intelligence and group differences -- pt. 4. Biology of intelligence -- pt. 5. Intelligence and information processing -- pt. 6. Kinds of intelligence -- pt. 7. Intelligence and society -- pt. 8. Intelligence in relation to allied constructs -- pt. 9. Moving forward.
Summary: "This volume provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of theory and research in the field of human intelligence. Each of the 42 chapters is written by world-renowned experts in their respective fields, and, collectively, they cover the full range of topics of contemporary interest in the study of intelligence. The handbook is divided into nine parts: Part I covers intelligence and its measurement; Part II deals with the development of intelligence; Part III discusses intelligence and group differences; Part IV concerns the biology of intelligence; Part V is about intelligence and information processing; Part VI discusses different kinds of intelligence; Part VII covers intelligence and society; Part VIII concerns intelligence in relation to allied constructs; and Part IX is the concluding chapter, which reflects on where the field is currently and where it still needs to go"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1. Intelligence and its measurement -- pt. 2. Development of intelligence -- pt. 3. Intelligence and group differences -- pt. 4. Biology of intelligence -- pt. 5. Intelligence and information processing -- pt. 6. Kinds of intelligence -- pt. 7. Intelligence and society -- pt. 8. Intelligence in relation to allied constructs -- pt. 9. Moving forward.

"This volume provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of theory and research in the field of human intelligence. Each of the 42 chapters is written by world-renowned experts in their respective fields, and, collectively, they cover the full range of topics of contemporary interest in the study of intelligence. The handbook is divided into nine parts: Part I covers intelligence and its measurement; Part II deals with the development of intelligence; Part III discusses intelligence and group differences; Part IV concerns the biology of intelligence; Part V is about intelligence and information processing; Part VI discusses different kinds of intelligence; Part VII covers intelligence and society; Part VIII concerns intelligence in relation to allied constructs; and Part IX is the concluding chapter, which reflects on where the field is currently and where it still needs to go"-- Provided by publisher.

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