Foundations of Cognitive Psychology: Preface - Preface
task, is a causal determinant of intelligence, what then causes there to be differences in perception speed (see Richardson, 199 ...
possibilities? Furthermore, there may be other reasons for the slower cortical metabolic rate in people who score higher on the ...
g reflects the encouragement people receive as they grow up. Children who are encouraged to learn and perform well, or are made ...
architecture and IQ performance. That is because nearly all of the creative efforts are accomplished by professional architects ...
that are valued. Sternberg and his colleagues (see Sternberg et al., 1995) have developed tests that supposedly measurepractical ...
musical intelligence, exemplified by the composer;spatial intelligence, exemplified by the painter;bodily-kinesthetic intelligen ...
jog’’) for a target word (e.g., ‘‘lions’’) was unrelated to the rate at which the same people could scan their memory of picture ...
Gardner also seems to exclude categories that might be considered types of intelligence. Why is there not a category for religio ...
Evidence for a Genetic Basis for Intelligence Familial IQ Correlations Advocates of the hereditarian theory base the genetic hyp ...
tions does not rule out a substantial influence of the environment on intellec- tual differences. After all, people learn child- ...
tent on their physical appearance. Social skills and confidence, in turn, may in- fluence how one performs on IQ tests. The resu ...
consequence of inheriting these favorable genes. A better way to show that parenting styles and other environmental variables ha ...
thegenepoolofthehumansspeciescannotbechangingasrapidlyasIQscores are rising. Indeed, there is no evidence that people who score ...
about 20 points higher than the IQ scores of other African Americans living in lower income circumstances. Clearly, the family e ...
100 and 120 for Jerry and Gerry respectively, 110 and 130 for Robin and Robyn respectively, and 120 and 140 for Sara and Seri re ...
talent assessment. A consequence of that alienation may be a poorer average performanceonIQtests. Cultural Differences in Prized ...
the Western adults and high IQ children—that is, on the basis of taxonomy. At least with respect to those objects, the typical K ...
It should be noted that there is considerable controversy surrounding sex differences in cognition. Some researchers claim that ...
same in spring as in autumn. Apparently, average to below-average levels of testosterone are associated with optimal performance ...
work shows that among Canadian Eskimos, a culture in which both males and females travel far from home and hunt, there are no di ...
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