Cognition and Intelligence Identifying the Mechanisms of the Mind [Hardcover]

This book is about psychological research on intelligence and the various factors that influence intelligence.This book is about psychological research on intelligence and the various factors that influence intelligence. It is a summary and synthesis of the past 30 years of literature on intelligence, a contribution which has been lacking in the literature thus far. The chapters are written by well-known experts in the field, each describing his or her own methods and findings about cognitive aspects of intelligence. Each author takes a different experimental approach to the study of intelligence, from research on neuroscience and perceptual speed to research on problem solving and metacognition.This book is about psychological research on intelligence and the various factors that influence intelligence. It is a summary and synthesis of the past 30 years of literature on intelligence, a contribution which has been lacking in the literature thus far. The chapters are written by well-known experts in the field, each describing his or her own methods and findings about cognitive aspects of intelligence. Each author takes a different experimental approach to the study of intelligence, from research on neuroscience and perceptual speed to research on problem solving and metacognition.Written by well-known experts, this book is about psychological research on intelligence and the various factors that influence its development. The volume summarizes and synthesizes the past 30 years of literature on intelligence. Each author takes a different experimental approach to the subject, spanning research on neuroscience and perceptual speed to research on problem solving and metacognition.Preface; 1. Information processing and intelligence: where we are and where we are going Earl Hunt; 2. Mental chronometry and the unification of differential psychology Arthur Jensen; 3. Reductionism vs charting; ways of examining the role of lower-order cognitive processes in intelligence Lazarlı