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The scientific study of general intelligence : tribute to Arthur R. Jensen

Author: Arthur Robert Jensen; Helmuth Nyborg
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Pergamon, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Festschriften
Festschrift
Named Person: Arthur Robert Jensen; Helmuth Nyborg
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Arthur Robert Jensen; Helmuth Nyborg
ISBN: 0080437931 9780080437934
OCLC Number: 52602810
Description: xxvi, 642 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: General Introduction: Arthur Jensen --
The Man, His Friends and This book / Helmuth Nyborg --
1. The Higher-stratum Structure of Cognitive Abilities: Current Evidence Supports g and About Ten Broad Factors / John B. Carroll --
2. Brain Imaging and g / Britt Anderson --
3. Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Intelligence: From Psychometrics to Neurobiology / Richard J. Haier --
4. Reaction Time and Psychometric Intelligence: Jensen's Contributions / Ian J. Deary --
5. Inspection Time and g / Ted Nettelbeck --
6. Factors Influencing the Relationship Between Brain Size and Intelligence / Gilles Gignac, Philip A. Vernon and John C. Wickett --
7. Molecular Genetics and g / Robert Plomin --
8. The Geography of Intelligence / Richard Lynn --
9. Race Differences in g and the "Jensen Effect" / J. Phillippe Rushton --
10. Sex Differences in g / Helmuth Nyborg --
11. Genius and g: Intelligence and Exceptional Achievement / Dean Keith Simonton --
12. Mental Retardation and g / Herman H. Spitz --
13. The Ubiquitous Role of g in Training / Malcolm James Ree, Thomas R. Carretta and Mark T. Green --
14. Education and g / Phillip L. Ackerman and David F. Lohman --
15. g, Jobs and Life / Linda S. Gottfredson --
16. Crime, Delinquency and Intelligence: A Review of the Worldwide Literature / Lee Ellis and Anthony Walsh --
17. "My House is a Very Very Very Fine House" --
But it is Not the Only House / Robert J. Sternberg --
18. Jensen's Genetic Interpretation of Racial Differences in Intelligence: Critical Evaluation / Nathan Brody --
19. New Concepts of Intelligence: Their Practical and Legal Implications for Employee Selection / Gerald V. Barrett, Alissa J. Kramen and Sarah B. Lueke --
20. The Sociology of Psychometric and Bio-behavioral Sciences: A Case Study of Destructive Social Reductionism and Collective Fraud in 20th Century Academia / Helmuth Nyborg --
21. Why Ignore the g Factor? --
Historical Considerations / Christopher R. Brand, Denis Constales and Harrison Kane --
22. An Arthurian Romance / Rosalind Arde --
23. Jensen as a Teacher and Mentor / Philip Anthony Vernon
Responsibility: edited by Helmuth Nyborg.
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