Individual Differences/IQ
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Environmental Effects on Cognitive Abilities
It sometimes seems that it is difficult to pick up a current newspaper or a magazine without it containing a story about some behavioral characteristic for which it has been found that a gene is responsible. Even aspects of behavior that one would feel certain are environmentally controlled are now...
Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
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Individual Differences in Arithmetic
Implications for Psychology, Neuroscience and Education
Standards in numeracy are a constant concern to educational policy-makers. However, why are differences in arithmetical performance so marked? In Individual Differences in Arithmetic, Ann Dowker seeks to provide a better understanding of why these differences in ability exist, encouraging a more...
Published August 27th 2012 by Psychology Press
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Intelligence and Personality
Bridging the Gap in Theory and Measurement
This volume brings together leading researchers in a major new effort to bridge the historical gap between the domains of ability and personality. The result is a remarkable collection of chapters analyzing critical issues at the interface--style, structure, process, and context. Contributors...
Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
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The Evolution of Intelligence
How is one to understand the nature of intelligence? One approach is through psychometric testing, but such an approach often puts the "cart before the horse"--the test before the theory. Another approach is to use evolutionary theory. This criterion has been suggested by a number of individuals in...
Published August 8th 2012 by Psychology Press
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The General Factor of Intelligence
How General Is It?
This edited volume presents a balanced approach to the ongoing debate of just how general the "general factor" of intelligence is. To accomplish this goal, the editors chose a number of distinct approaches to the study of intelligence--psychometric, genetic-epistemological, cognitive, biological,...
Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press





