The Meaning of Intelligence

Contents Preface 1 The nature of intelligence 1 Attributes and concepts 2 The physiological basis 3 The background of mental testing 4 Translations and revisions of Binet tests 5 Point-scales 6 Factor theories II The measurement of intelligence 7 Characteristics of mental growth 8 Organic correlates of mental growth 9 The course of mental growth 10 Sex differences 11 Concepts of feeble-mindedness 12 Concepts of genius III Growth in intelligence 13 Nature-nurture and the IQ 14 Studies based on the IQ IV Intelligence and society 15 Educational implications 16 Social implications AppendixPsychologists have developed a concept which is called intelligence quotient According to this concept there are roughly four categories of persons Persons with intelligence quotient below 30 are categorized as idiots and persons with intelligence quotient or IQ between 30 to 70 are average people Persons having IQ between 70 and 100 are intelligent persons and persons with IQ above 100 are extraordinarily intelligent It is an original book and helps in understanding intelligence and on the basis of this theory intelligence tests were developed which were exclusively used in army and other fields in the twentieth century jacket 584 pp.…