Full name: The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability

Author: Arthur R. Jensen Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Science Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780275961039 0275961036

The g factor--general mental ability--is the major construct for understanding both individual differences and the average differences between groups (race and sex) in educational and occupational attainment. It is also germane to social issues of national importance. Jensen fully and clearly explains the psychometric, statistical, genetic, and physiological basis of g, as well as the major theoretical challenges to the concept. For decades a key construct in differential psychology, the g factor's significance for the brain sciences as well as for education, sociology, anthropology, evolutionary psychology, economics, and public policy is clearly evident in this, the most comprehensive treatment of g available. Similar books: Night Falls Fast by Kay Redfield Jamison Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter Sociobiology by Edward O. Wilson Molecules Of Emotion by Candace B. Pert Science And Human Behavior by B. F. Skinner The Owner's Manual for the Brain by Pierce J. Howard About Behaviorism by B. F. Skinner Don't Believe Everything You Think by Thomas Kida Brainwashed by Sally Satel Battle for the Mind by William Sargant Being Mortal by Atul Gawande An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Phantoms in the Brain by V. S. Ramachandran Next of Kin by Roger Fouts The Shallows by Nicholas Carr The Red Queen by Matt Ridley On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins