The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to Arthur Jensen 1st Edition

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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 intelligence from the early 19th century approaches, to the most recent analyses of the hierarchical structure of cognitive abilities, and documents the transition from a hopelessly confused concept of intelligence to the development of an objective measure of psychometric g. The contributions illustrate the impressive power g has with respect to predicting educational achievement, getting an attractive job, or social stratification.

The book is divided into six parts as follows: Part I presents the most recent higher-stream analysis of cognitive abilities, Part II deals with biological aspects of g, such as research on brain imaging, glucose uptake, working memory, reaction time, inspection time, and other biological correlates, and concludes with the latest findings in g-related molecular genetics. Part III addresses demographic aspects of g, such as geographic-, race-, and sex-differences, and introduces differential psychological aspects as well. Part IV concentrates on the g nexus, and relates such highly diverse topics as sociology, genius, retardation, training, education, jobs, and crime to g. Part V contains chapters critical of research on g and its genetic relationship, and also presents a rejoinder. Part VI looks at one of the greatest contemporary psychologists, Professor Emeritus Arthur R. Jensen as teacher and mentor.

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Editorial Reviews

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"This is a gem of a book and a fitting honor to a distinguished scientist and scholar..."
-INTELLIGENCE

"...there is much of value in this book. There are succinct and authoritative reviews on a variety of topics―reaction time and inspection time, the molecular genetics of IQ (or g?), the causes of the correlation between brain size and IQ, education and intelligence, the predictive value of g (as opposed to subsidiary factors!) for job selection, the worldwide association between crime and IQ. It is entirely appropriate that a book intended as a tribute to Arthur Jensen should contain such a wealth of solid empirical information on such a wide variety of topics."
-INTELLIGENCE

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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 intelligence from the early 19th century approaches, to the most recent analyses of the hierarchical structure of cognitive abilities, and documents the transition from a hopelessly confused concept of intelligence to the development of an objective measure of psychometric g. The contributions illustrate the impressive power g has with respect to predicting educational achievement, getting an attractive job, or social stratification.

The book is divided into six parts as follows: Part I presents the most recent higher-stream analysis of cognitive abilities, Part II deals with biological aspects of g, such as research on brain imaging, glucose uptake, working memory, reaction time, inspection time, and other biological correlates, and concludes with the latest findings in g-related molecular genetics. Part III addresses demographic aspects of g, such as geographic-, race-, and sex-differences, and introduces differential psychological aspects as well. Part IV concentrates on the g nexus, and relates such highly diverse topics as sociology, genius, retardation, training, education, jobs, and crime to g. Part V contains chapters critical of research on g and its genetic relationship, and also presents a rejoinder. Part VI looks at one of the greatest contemporary psychologists, Professor Emeritus Arthur R. Jensen as teacher and mentor.

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Hardcover: 668 pages
Publisher: Pergamon; 1 edition (July 25, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0080437931
ISBN-13: 978-0080437934
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.4 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 2 customer reviews
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outstanding edited volume

April 30, 2011

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This book is top notch reading for the field of human intelligence research. Although a few people were allowed to make contributions to it and should not have, the majority of the chapters are of excellent quality.

The best two chapters were written by Nyborg. One deals with the persecution of intelligence researchers who have dared to study topics that are not approved by the PC police. The other deals with the various studies of sex difference in intelligence. Subsequent to this publication, there have been numerous additional papers confirming the sex difference that was shown by Nyborg.

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Wide Variety of contributions, but overall very solid

December 11, 2004

Format: Hardcover

Arthur Jensen is one of the major contributors to differential psychology, and this tome honors him well. As with almost any festschrift, there are high and low points. Fortunately, the low points are few (namely, Sternberg's self-aggrandizing chapter) and the high points are many (esp. Gottfredson's, Rushton's, Gignac's & Deary's chapters). For anyone who wishes to better understand both Dr. Jensen and his monumental contribution to psychology, this should definitely be on the to-read list.

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