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The scientific study of general intelligence : tribute to Arthur R. Jensen /

This book celebrates two triumphs in modern psychology: the successful development and application of a solid measure of general intelligence; and the personal courage and skills of the man who made this possible - Arthur R. Jensen from Berkeley University. The volume traces the history of intellige...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jensen, Arthur Robert, Nyborg, Helmuth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Pergamon, 2003.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • General Introduction: Arthur Jensen
  • The Man, His Friends and This book / Helmuth Nyborg
  • 1. The Higher-stratum Structure of Cognitive Abilities: Current Evidence Supports g and About Ten Broad Factors / John B. Carroll
  • 2. Brain Imaging and g / Britt Anderson
  • 3. Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Intelligence: From Psychometrics to Neurobiology / Richard J. Haier
  • 4. Reaction Time and Psychometric Intelligence: Jensen's Contributions / Ian J. Deary
  • 5. Inspection Time and g / Ted Nettelbeck
  • 6. Factors Influencing the Relationship Between Brain Size and Intelligence / Gilles Gignac, Philip A. Vernon and John C. Wickett
  • 7. Molecular Genetics and g / Robert Plomin
  • 8. The Geography of Intelligence / Richard Lynn
  • 9. Race Differences in g and the "Jensen Effect" / J. Phillippe Rushton
  • 10. Sex Differences in g / Helmuth Nyborg
  • 11. Genius and g: Intelligence and Exceptional Achievement / Dean Keith Simonton
  • 12. Mental Retardation and g / Herman H. Spitz
  • 13. The Ubiquitous Role of g in Training / Malcolm James Ree, Thomas R. Carretta and Mark T. Green
  • 14. Education and g / Phillip L. Ackerman and David F. Lohman
  • 15. g, Jobs and Life / Linda S. Gottfredson
  • 16. Crime, Delinquency and Intelligence: A Review of the Worldwide Literature / Lee Ellis and Anthony Walsh
  • 17. "My House is a Very Very Very Fine House"
  • But it is Not the Only House / Robert J. Sternberg
  • 18. Jensen's Genetic Interpretation of Racial Differences in Intelligence: Critical Evaluation / Nathan Brody
  • 19. New Concepts of Intelligence: Their Practical and Legal Implications for Employee Selection / Gerald V. Barrett, Alissa J. Kramen and Sarah B. Lueke
  • 20. The Sociology of Psychometric and Bio-behavioral Sciences: A Case Study of Destructive Social Reductionism and Collective Fraud in 20th Century Academia / Helmuth Nyborg
  • 21. Why Ignore the g Factor?
  • Historical Considerations / Christopher R. Brand, Denis Constales and Harrison Kane
  • 22. An Arthurian Romance / Rosalind Arde
  • 23. Jensen as a Teacher and Mentor / Philip Anthony Vernon.