Handbook of Intelligence: Evolutionary Theory, Historical Perspective, and Current Concepts - Softcover
Synopsis
Preface.- SECTION 1. BACKGROUND.- The Roots of Human Intelligence: What Were We Before We Were Intelligent?.- Intelligence in Non primates.- Intelligence in Primates.- The Evolution of Language.- Intelligence in Humans.- The Origins of Intelligence as a Conceptual Construct: Plato, Pascal and Philosophy.- Modern Foundation: Darwin, Charcot and Dalton.- SECTION 2. THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE.- Intelligence Defined: James, Wundt, Cattell, Thorndike and Yerkes.- Alfred Binet and the Children of Paris.- David Wechsler and the Soldiers of America.- Alan Kaufman and Intelligence Redefined as Cognitive Processing.- A.R. Luria and Intelligence Redefined as a Neuropsychological Construct.- Daniel Sternberg and Multiple Intelligences in the New Age of Thinking.- Daniel Goleman and Emotional Intelligence and Behavior.- Carol Dweck and Intelligence as a Malleable Construct.- SECTION 3. ASSESSMENT OF INTELLIGENCE.- The Connection Between Intelligence Tests and Theory of Intelligence.- Assessing Intellectual Knowledge.- Assessing Intellectual Ability.
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