General Factor of Intelligence

<p>This edited volume presents a balanced approach to the ongoing debate of just how general the general factor of intelligence is. To accomplish this goal the editors chose a number of distinct approaches to the study of intelligence--psychometric genetic-epistemological cognitive biological behavior-genetic sociocultural systems--and asked distinguished scholars to write from the standpoint of these approaches. Each approach comprises two chapters one by a scholar leaning toward a view arguing for the greater generality of <i>g</i> and the other by a scholar leaning toward a view arguing for the lesser generality of <i>g.</i> The scholars are not simply for or against these outlooks rather they provide a more textured view of the general factor attempting to explain it in psychological terms that are easily understandable.<br><br> Intended for psychologists in all areas including clinical consulting educational cognitive school developmental and industrial-organizational this book will also be of interest to educators sociologists anthropologists and those interested in the nature of intelligence.</p>