| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Nature and Nurture of Cognitive Abilities; Individual Differences; Quantitative Genetic Theory; The Importance of Both Nature and Nurture for Cognitive Abilities; Shared and Nonshared Environment; The Importance of Nonshared Environment; Conclusion; 2. Hierarchical Models of Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities; Introduction; Methods for Estimating Hierarchical Models of Intelligence; Empirical Studies of Hierarchical Models; Discussion |
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Implications and Applications of the Hierarchical Model of AbilitiesConclusion; 3. Intelligence and Task Novelty; Introduction; The Problem as a Familiar Situation; The Concept of a Deviant Situation; Problem Solving and Intelligence; Task Novelty in Different Groups: The Sponge Cake Problem; Making Intelligence Relevant for Task Solution in a Strange Situation; Past Experience and New Situations; Implications of the Model and the Experimental Results; Some Ideas for Future Research; 4. Children's Understanding of the Nonobvious; Children's Understanding of the Mind |
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Children's Understanding of the Nonobvious as Manifested in Their CategoriesTheoretical Implications; Conclusions; 5. Analysis of Memory Performance in Terms of Memory Skill; Historic Background; Methodology for Describing Cognitive Processes; Case Studies of Memory Performance; Generalizability; Summary and General Implications; 6. Spatial Abilities as Traits, Processes, and Knowledge; Synopsis of the Factor-Analytic Literature; Speed and Level; Solution Strategy; Toward a Better Definition of Spatial Abilities; Effects of Practice and Training; Conclusions; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Intellect -- Psychological aspects
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Cognition.
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Thought and thinking.
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Cognition
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Thinking
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cognition.
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thinking.
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Cognition
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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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| ISBN |
9781317785965 |
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1317785967 |
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