عنوان

The g factor :

(Number (ISBN

0275961036 (hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780275961039 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Title Proper

The g factor :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the science of mental ability /

First Statement of Responsibility

Arthur R. Jensen.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Westport, Conn. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Praeger,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 648 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

25 cm.

Series Title

Human evolution, behavior, and intelligence,

ISSN of Series

1063-2158

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [597]-634) and indexes.

Text of Note

A Little History -- The Discovery of g -- The Trouble with "Intelligence" -- Models and Characteristics of g -- Challenges to g -- Biological Correlates of g -- The Heritability of g -- Information Processing and g -- The Practical Validity of g -- Construct, Vehicles, and Measurements -- Population Differences in g -- Population Differences in g: Causal Hypotheses -- Sex Differences in g -- The g Nexus -- Spearman's "Law of Diminishing Returns" -- Method of Correlated Vectors -- Multivariate Analyses of a Nexus.

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Text of Note

Arthur Jensen has systematically developed a seminal concept first discovered by Charles Spearman in the 1920s: individual and group differences in mental ability exist, and these differences can be measured by a single, general factor, g. On its surface, this concept seems innocuous. However, Jensen does not draw back from its most controversial conclusions - that the average differences in IQ and other abilities found between sexes and racial groups have a substantial hereditary component, and that these differences have important societal consequences. The culmination of his career is the most comprehensive treatment of g ever written, The g Factor. In it, Dr. Jensen not only clearly explains the psychometric, statistical, genetic, and physiological basis of g, in the process he also refutes all major challenges that have been brought against the concept of general mental ability.

Title

G factor.

General factor (Psychology)

Intellect.

Nature and nurture.

Class number

Book number

Jensen, Arthur Robert.

Date of Transaction

20140220044626.0

Electronic name

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