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On intelligence : a bioecological treatise on intellectual development /

Ceci argues that traditional conceptions of intelligence ignore the role of society in shaping intelligence and underestimate the intelligence of non-Western societies. He puts forth a "bio-ecological" framework of individual differences in intellectual development that is intended to addr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ceci, Stephen J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Edición:Expanded ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Preface, 1996
  • Preface to the Original Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE SOCIAL CONTEXT AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
  • CHAPTER 1 Why a Treatise on Intelligence?
  • Five Easy Facts
  • Old Wine in New Bottles?
  • Traditional Psychological Theories of Intelligence
  • About the Rest of This Book
  • CHAPTER 2 Toward an Inductive Theory of Intellectual Complexity
  • Toward a Developmental Framework
  • Terminological Considerations
  • Elaborated Knowledge Structures versus Cognitive Processes
  • Knowledge versus Intelligence
  • CHAPTER 3 Mismatches Between Intelligent Performance and IQCultural Anthropology
  • Grocery Shopping
  • Dairy Workers
  • !Kung San Hunters
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Cupcake Baking
  • Capturing Butterflies
  • City Manager
  • A Day at the Races
  • CHAPTER 4 A Social-Organizational Analysis of Intellectual Development
  • Social Class and IQ
  • Motivational Values Inculcated Through Parenting
  • SAT Scores and Academic Achievement
  • Income and SATs: One Interpretation
  • Income and SATs: An Alternate Interpretation
  • The Terman Study of Genius
  • The Validity of IQConvergence from Recent Life Course Analyses
  • Thirtysomething: To Be Born Rich or Smart
  • CHAPTER 5 The Impact of Schooling on Intelligence
  • Correlation Between IQ and Years in School
  • Influence of Summer Vacation on IQ
  • Continuous Impact of Schooling on IQ
  • Impact of Delayed Schooling on IQ
  • School Achievement versus Aptitude
  • Influence of Early Termination of Schooling on IQ
  • Influence of Northern Schooling on Black IQ
  • Influence of Early School Entry on Cognitive Development
  • Influence of Intergenerational Changes in SchoolingQuality of Schooling
  • Schooling and Information Processing
  • Perceptual Abilities
  • Concept Formation
  • Memory
  • Other Cognitive Skills
  • Taking Stock
  • PART TWO THE BIOECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
  • CHAPTER 6 The Role of Context in Shaping Multiple Intelligences
  • Contextualism and Intelligence
  • Cognitive Molecules Out of Context
  • Culture's Role
  • A Bioecological Theoretical Framework
  • Introducing the Bioecological View
  • Multiple Cognitive Potentials
  • Pitting g Against a Multiple Potential PerspectiveCentral Processing Capacity
  • The Problem with Factors
  • Contexts of Crystallization
  • Motives as Crystallizing Agents
  • Environmental Challenges
  • Knowledge versus Intelligence
  • Some Illustrative Anecdotes
  • Knowledge and Process in Symbiosis
  • CHAPTER 7 A Model of Cognitive Complexity
  • Evaluating the Bioecological Framework vis-a-vis Classic Forms of Evidence: The Case of Heritability
  • Genetics
  • Methods of Estimating h2
  • The Stability, Nature, and Meaning of h2