| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Information Processing and Special Mental Abilities: A Twin Analysis; Introduction; Genetic Influences on Information Processing and Special Mental Abilities; Method; Results; Discussion; 2. The Development of Children's Conception of Intelligence: A Theoretical Framework; The Role of Theories of Intelligence in Achievement Goals and Behavior; The Development of Conceptions of Intelligence; The Development of Entity and Incremental Theories |
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5. Expertise and Intelligent Thinking: When Is It Worse to Know Better?What Is Expertise?; The Costs of Expertise; Expertise and Intelligence; Summary and Conclusions; 6 . The Specific Character of Abstract Thought: Categorization, Problem Solving, and Induction; Introduction; Context-Rich, Case-Based Reasoning: Priority of the Specific; Nonautonomous Abstraction; Conservative Induction; Related Work; Summary; Author Index; Subject Index |
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And Conclusions3. Dynamics of Skill Acquisition Building a Bridge Between Intelligence and Motivation; Overview; General Background; A Model of Ability/Motivation Interactions; Overview of the Research Program; A Prototypical Experiment-Resource Demands and Ability/Motivation Interactions; Implications and Future Directions; 4. Information Processing and Intelligence; Improving Prediction of Academic and Occupational Success; Previous Research Using Ongoing Psychophysiological Recording; A Model of Intelligent Performance; Summary |
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Volume five continues to mark the significant advances made in the psychology of human intelligence, problem solving, and thinking abilities. Papers contributed by leaders in the field reflect a diversity of perspectives and approaches to the human intelligence. Subjects discussed include: * genetic and environmental contributions to information-processing abilities * development of children's conceptions of intelligence * skill acquisition as a bridge between intelligence and motivation * information-processing abilities underlying intelligence * costs of expertise |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2019) |
| Subject |
Intellect -- Psychological aspects
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Intellect
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Cognition.
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Thought and thinking.
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Intelligence
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Cognition
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Thinking
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cognition.
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thinking.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Cognition
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Intellect
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Intellect -- Psychological aspects
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Thought and thinking
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sternberg, Robert J., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317784517 |
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1317784510 |
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9781306344371 |
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1306344379 |
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9781315807768 |
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1315807769 |
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9781317784524 |
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1317784529 |
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9781317784500 |
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1317784502 |
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0805804544 |
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9780805804546 |
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