Measuring Intelligence

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-54478-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 282 g

The testing of intelligence has a long and controversial history. Claims that it is a pseudo-science or a weapon of ideological warfare have been commonplace and there is not even a consensus as to whether intelligence exists and, if it does, whether it can be measured. As a result the debate about it has centred on the nurture versus nature controversy and especially on alleged racial differences and the heritability of intelligence - all of which have major policy implications. This book aims to penetrate the mists of controversy, ideology and prejudice by providing a clear non-mathematical framework for the definition and measurement of intelligence derived from modern factor analysis. Building on this framework and drawing on everyday ideas the author address key controversies in a clear and accessible style and explores some of the claims made by well known writers in the field such as Stephen Jay Gould and Michael Howe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bartholomew, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Intelligenz, Denken, Problemlösen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The great intelligence debate: science or ideology?; 2. Origins; 3. The end of IQ?; 4. First steps to g; 5. Second steps to g; 6. Extracting g; 7. Factor analysis or principal components analysis?; 8. One intelligence or many?; 9. The bell curve: facts, fallacies and speculations; 10. What is g?; 11. Are some groups more intelligent than others?; 12. Is intelligence inherited?; 13. Facts and fallacies.

Über Autor(innen)

Bartholomew, David J.
David J. Bartholomew is Emeritus Professor of Statistics, London School of Economics, Fellow of the British Academy and a former president of the Royal Statistical Society. He is a member of the editorial board of various journals and has published numerous books and journal articles in the fields of statistics and social measurement.