The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence

This volume provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of theory and research in the field of human intelligence. Each of the 42 chapters is written by world-renowned experts in their respective fields, and, collectively, they cover the full range of topics of contemporary interest in the study of intelligence. The handbook is divided into nine parts: Part I covers intelligence and its measurement; Part II deals with the development of intelligence; Part III discusses intelligence and group differences; Part IV concerns the biology of intelligence; Part V is about intelligence and information processing; Part VI discusses different kinds of intelligence; Part VII covers intelligence and society; Part VIII concerns intelligence in relation to allied constructs; and Part IX is the concluding chapter, which reflects on where the field is currently and where it still needs to go.

Uniquely comprehensive, covering the entire field of human intelligence
Totally up to date, including the latest theory and research
Written by the leading experts in the field

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“Sternberg and Kaufman have assembled nearly all of the foremost intelligence researchers and theorists to produce an absolutely essential volume for anyone who wants to understand the nature – and nurture – of intelligence in its many forms. It is the most thorough, authoritative, and readable sourcebook on the science of intelligence that I have ever seen.”
– Joshua Aronson, New York University, editor of Improving Academic Achievement

“The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence is an extraordinary achievement. Comprehensive, engaging, inspiring, and at times provocative, it leaves no stone unturned – no aspects of intelligence and its consequences unexplored. What is intelligence? Where does it come from? Can it be developed, and if so, how? If you are looking for answers to questions like these, there is no better place to find them than from the world-renowned experts in this remarkable volume.”
– Heidi Grant Halvorson, psychologist, author of Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

"...Sternberg and Kaufman brought together a group of scholars and theorists with the expertise and knowledge to compile an important contribution to the field of intelligence studies. This volume consolidates decades of research and theory into an accessible volume.... well-organized and coherent.... offer an excellent resource.... This book would be an excellent addition to the collection of any scholar with an interest in intelligence and a must have for new scholars in the field. I will be recommending this text to our university library so that it may be a resource for my colleagues and our graduate students."
– Professor Christopher A. Was, Kent State University, PsycCRITIQUES

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Published: June 2011
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Contents

Part I. Intelligence and Its Measurement:
1. History of theories and measurement of intelligence N. J. Mackintosh
2. Tests of intelligence Susana Urbina
3. Factor-analytic models of intelligence John O. Willis, Ron Dumont and Alan S. Kaufman
4. Contemporary models of intelligence Janet E. Davidson and Iris A. Kemp
Part II. Development of Intelligence:
5. Intelligence: genes, environments, and their interactions Samuel D. Mandelman and Elena L. Grigorenko
6. Developing intelligence through instruction Raymond S. Nickerson
7. Intelligence in infancy Joseph F. Fagan
8. Intelligence in childhood L. Todd Rose and Kurt Fischer
9. Intelligence in adulthood Christopher Hertzog
Part III. Intelligence and Group Differences:
10. Intellectual disabilities Robert M. Hodapp, Megan M. Griffin, Meghan M. Burke and Marisa H. Fisher
11. Prodigies and savants David Henry Feldman and Martha J. Morelock
12. Intellectual giftedness Sally M. Reis and Joseph S. Renzulli
13. Sex differences in intelligence Diane F. Halpern, Anna S. Beninger and Carli A. Straight
14. Racial and ethnic group differences in intelligence in the United States: multicultural perspectives Lisa A. Suzuki, Ellen L. Short and Christina S. Lee
15. Race and intelligence Christine E. Daley and Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
Part IV. Biology of Intelligence:
16. Animal intelligence Thomas R. Zentall
17. The evolution of intelligence Liane Gabora and Anne Russon
18. Biological bases of intelligence Richard J. Haier
Part V. Intelligence and Information Processing:
19. Basic processes of intelligence Ted Nettelbeck
20. Working memory and intelligence Andrew R. A. Conway, Sarah Getz, Brooke Macnamara and Pascale M. J. Engel de Abreu
21. Intelligence and reasoning David F. Lohman and Joni M. Lakin
22. Intelligence and rationality Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West and Maggie E. Toplak
23. Intelligence and the cognitive unconscious Scott Barry Kaufman
24. Artificial intelligence Ashok K. Goel and Jim Davies
Part VI. Kinds of Intelligence:
25. The theory of multiple intelligences Katie Davis, Joanna Christodoulou, Scott Seider and Howard Gardner
26. The theory of successful intelligence Robert J. Sternberg
27. Emotional intelligence John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey, David Caruso and Lillia Cherkasskiy
28. Practical intelligence Richard K. Wagner
29. Social intelligence John F. Kihlstrom and Nancy Cantor
30. Cultural intelligence Soon Ang, Linn Van Dyne and Mei Ling Tan
31. Mating intelligence Glenn Geher and Scott Barry Kaufman
Part VII. Intelligence and Society:
32. Intelligence in worldwide perspective Weihua Niu and Jillian Brass
33. Secular changes in intelligence James R. Flynn
34. Society and intelligence Susan M. Barnett, Heiner Rindermann, Wendy M. Williams and Stephen J. Ceci
35. Intelligence as a predictor of health, illness, and death Ian J. Deary and G. David Batty
Part VIII. Intelligence in Relation to Allied Constructs:
36. Intelligence and personality Colin DeYoung
37. Intelligence and achievement Richard E. Mayer
38. Intelligence and motivation Priyanka B. Carr and Carol S. Dweck
39. Intelligence and creativity James C. Kaufman and Jonathan A. Plucker
40. Intelligence and wisdom Ursula M. Staudin and Judith Glück
41. Intelligence and expertise Phillip L. Ackerman
Part IX. Moving Forward:
42. Where are we? Where are we going? Reflections on the current and future states of research on intelligence Earl Hunt.

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N. J. Mackintosh, Susana Urbina, John O. Willis, Ron Dumont, Alan S. Kaufman, Janet E. Davidson, Iris A. Kemp, Samuel D. Mandelman, Elena L. Grigorenko, Raymond S. Nickerson, Joseph F. Fagan, L. Todd Rose, Kurt Fischer, Christopher Hertzog, Robert M. Hodapp, Megan M. Griffin, Meghan M. Burke, Marisa H. Fisher, David Henry Feldman, Martha J. Morelock, Sally M. Reis, Joseph S. Renzulli, Diane F. Halpern, Anna S. Beninger, Carli A. Straight, Lisa A. Suzuki, Ellen L. Short, Christina S. Lee, Christine E. Daley, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Thomas R. Zentall, Liane Gabora, Anne Russon, Richard J. Haier, Ted Nettelbeck, Andrew R. A. Conway, Sarah Getz, Brooke Macnamara, Pascale M. J. Engel de Abreu, David F. Lohman, Joni M. Lakin, Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, Maggie E. Toplak, Scott Barry Kaufman, Ashok K. Goel, Jim Davies, Katie Davis, Joanna Christodoulou, Scott Seider, Howard Gardner, Robert J. Sternberg, John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey, David Caruso, Lillia Cherkasskiy, Richard K. Wagner, John F. Kihlstrom, Nancy Cantor, Soon Ang, Linn Van Dyne, Mei Ling Tan, Glenn Geher, Weihua Niu, Jillian Brass, James R. Flynn, Susan M. Barnett, Heiner Rindermann, Wendy M. Williams, Stephen J. Ceci, Ian J. Deary, G. David Batty, Colin DeYoung, Richard E. Mayer, Priyanka B. Carr, Carol S. Dweck, James C. Kaufman, Jonathan A. Plucker, Ursula M. Staudinger, Judith Glück, Phillip L. Ackerman, Earl Hunt

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Robert J. Sternberg , Cornell University, New York
Robert J. Sternberg is Provost and Senior Vice President and Professor of Psychology at Oklahoma State University. He was previously Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology and Education at Tufts University. Sternberg is President of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology and President-Elect of the Federation of Associations of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. He was the 2003 President of the American Psychological Association and the Eastern Psychological Association. The central focus of his research is on intelligence, creativity and wisdom. He is the author of about 1,200 journal articles, book chapters and books; has received more than $20 million in government and other grants and contracts for his research; has won more than two dozen professional awards; and has been listed in the APA Monitor on Psychology as one of the top 100 psychologists of the twentieth century. He is listed by the ISI as one of its most highly cited authors in psychology and psychiatry.
Scott Barry Kaufman , New York University
Scott Barry Kaufman is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at New York University. He holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University, an M.Phil. in experimental psychology from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include the nature, identification and development of human intelligence, creativity and imagination; individual differences in implicit cognition; openness to experience; humor ability; and evolutionary psychology. In addition to publishing more than 25 book chapters and articles in professional journals such as Cognition, Intelligence and the Journal of Creative Behavior, he is co-editor of The Psychology of Creative Writing (2009) with James C. Kaufman. His work has been covered in media outlets such as Scientific American Mind and Men's Health. Additionally, he writes a blog for Psychology Today entitled 'Beautiful Minds'. Kaufman is the recipient of the 2008 Frank X. Barron award from Division 10 of the American Psychological Association for his research on the psychology of aesthetics, creativity and the arts.

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