On intelligence-- more or less : a bio-ecological treatise on intellectual development / Stephen J. Ceci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ceci, Stephen J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellect.

Ability--Testing.

Ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1990.

Summary:

Ceci argues that traditional conceptions of intelligence ignore the role of society in shaping intelligence and underestimate the intelligence of non-Western societies. He puts forth a "bio-ecological" framework of individual differences in intellectual development that is intended to address some of the major deficiencies of extant theories of intelligence. The focus is on alternative interpretations of phenomena that emerge when implicit assumptions of intelligence researchers are challenged.

Contents:

Contents; Preface, 1996; Preface to the Original Edition; Acknowledgments; PART ONE SOCIAL CONTEXT AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 1 Why a Treatise on Intelligence?; Five Easy Facts; Old Wine in New Bottles?; Traditional Psychological Theories of Intelligence; About the Rest of This Book; CHAPTER 2 Toward an Inductive Theory of Intellectual Complexity; Toward a Developmental Framework; Terminological Considerations; Elaborated Knowledge Structures versus Cognitive Processes; Knowledge versus Intelligence; CHAPTER 3 Mismatches Between Intelligent Performance and IQ; Cultural Anthropology

Grocery Shopping Dairy Workers; !Kung San Hunters; Experimental Psychology; Cupcake Baking; Capturing Butterflies; City Manager; A Day at the Races; CHAPTER 4 A Social-Organizational Analysis of Intellectual Development; Social Class and IQ; Motivational Values Inculcated Through Parenting; SAT Scores and Academic Achievement; Income and SATs: One Interpretation; Income and SATs: An Alternate Interpretation; The Terman Study of Genius; The Validity of IQ; Convergence from Recent Life Course Analyses; Thirty-something: To Be Born Rich or Smart; CHAPTER 5 The Impact of Schooling on Intelligence

Correlation Between IQ and Years in School Influence of Summer Vacation on IQ; Continuous Impact of Schooling on IQ; Impact of Delayed Schooling on IQ; School Achievement versus Aptitude; Influence of Early Termination of Schooling on IQ; Influence of Northern Schooling on Black IQ; Influence of Early School Entry on Cognitive Development; Influence of Intergenerational Changes in Schooling; Quality of Schooling; Schooling and Information Processing; Perceptual Abilities; Concept Formation; Memory; Other Cognitive Skills; Taking Stock; PART TWO THE BIOECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER 6 The Role of Context in Shaping Multiple Intelligences Contextualism and Intelligence; Cognitive Molecules Out of Context; Culture's Role; A Bioecological Theoretical Framework; Introducing the Bioecological View; Multiple Cognitive Potentials; Pitting g Against a Multiple Potential Perspective; Central Processing Capacity; The Problem with Factors; Contexts of Crystallization; Motives as Crystallizing Agents; Environmental Challenges; Knowledge versus Intelligence; Some Illustrative Anecdotes; Knowledge and Process in Symbiosis; CHAPTER 7 A Model of Cognitive Complexity

Evaluating the Bioecological Framework vis-a-vis Classic Forms of Evidence: The Case of Heritability Genetics; Methods of Estimating h2; The Stability, Nature, and Meaning of h2; The Assumption of Additivity; Differences Between Correlations and Means; Confounding Genetic and Ecological Sources of Shared Variance; CHAPTER 8 The Fallacy: Biology =IQ =Intelligence =Singularity of Mind =Real-World Success; Cross-Task Commonality; The Role of Task Complexity; g and Job Success; Positive Manifold; Same-Different Judgments; The Role of Practice; Age of Acquisition and Memory

CHAPTER 9 How Abstract Is Intelligence?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-251) and index.

ISBN:

9780674029316

0674029313

OCLC:

923109131