Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Deary, Ian J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192893211 ISBN 13: 9780192893215

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

For people with little or no knowledge of the science of human intelligence, this volume takes readers to a stage where they are able to make judgments for themselves about the key questions of human mental ability. Each chapter addresses a central scientific issue but does so in a way that is lively and completely accessible. Issues discussed include whether there are several different types of intelligence, whether intelligence differences are caused by genes or the environment, the biological basis of intelligence levels, and whether intelligence declines as we grow older.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Deary is Professor of Psychology at Edinburgh University.

Review:

`it is short and extremely readable'
Journal of Advanced Nursing 2001

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0192893211
• ISBN 13: 9780192893215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152