The Nature of Intelligence, Issue 285Evolutionary psychology and behavioural genetics are two successful and important fields in the study of human behaviour, but practitioners in these subjects have different conceptions of the nature of human intelligence. Evolutionary psychologists dispute the existence of general intelligence and emphasise the differences among species. They argue that natural and sexual selection would be expected to produce intelligences that are specialised for particular domains, as encountered by particular species. Behavioural geneticists consider general intelligence to be the most fundamental aspect of intelligence and concentrate on the differences between individuals of the same species. This exciting book features papers and discussion contributions from leading behavioural geneticists, evolutionary psychologists and experts on intelligence that explore the differences and the tensions between these two approaches. The nature of 'g' or general intelligence is discussed in detail, as is the issue of the heritability of intelligence. The alternative approaches that emphasise domain-specific intelligences are explored, alongside wide-ranging discussions on a broad range of issues such as the biological basis for intelligence, animal models and changes in IQ scores over time. |
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adaptive allele animal assessment assortative mating behaviour behaviour genetics biological brain function causal cognitive abilities components correlation Cosmides covariance David Lubinski Deary IJ deleterious mutations Detterman effects environment environmental evolution evolutionary psychology example eyespan factor analysis fitness fluid g Flynn g factor g-loadings Gangestad genes genetic variation genotypes Harnad heritability Houle human intelligence Humphrey hypoglycaemia hypothesis inbreeding depression individual differences information processing inspection IQ gains IQ tests Jensen Karmiloff-Smith learning loci look Lubinski male matrix Maynard Smith measures mechanisms mental ability modularity modules natural selection nature of intelligence nomological network Novartis performance phenotypic Pomiankowski population predict primates problem Psychol psychometric psychometric intelligence quantitative question rats Raven's relationship Rutter sample sexual selection sexual traits siblings social intelligence Spearman specific speed Sternberg stimulus structure subtests Suddendorf tasks test scores theory of mind things Tooby twins variables variance verbal Whiten WISC
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