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Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction
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Intelligence: A Very Short Introduction describes how and why people differ in their thinking power by dealing with issues such as what intelligence is, whether there are several different types of intelligence, and whether one person can be described as more ‘intelligent’ than another. The fact that the broad powers of human intelligence show differences has been recognized since antiquity. Our language is full of words that signify the possession or lack of an efficient brain. People value their powers of thinking. Are differences in intelligence caused by genes or the environment? Does intelligence decline or increase as we grow older? What is the biological basis of thinking?
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- Deary, I. J.
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- Deary, Ian J.
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- Deary, Ian J.
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- 2001-06-07
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- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
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- intelligence, individual differences in intelligence, types of intelligence, intelligence testing, heritability of intelligence, gene-environment interaction, cognitive ability
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