9780275961039-0275961036-The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence)

The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence)

ISBN-13: 9780275961039
ISBN-10: 0275961036
Edition: First Edition
Author: Arthur R. Jensen
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Praeger
Format: Hardcover 664 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780275961039
ISBN-10: 0275961036
Edition: First Edition
Author: Arthur R. Jensen
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Praeger
Format: Hardcover 664 pages

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The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence) (ISBN-13: 9780275961039 and ISBN-10: 0275961036), written by authors Arthur R. Jensen, was published by Praeger in 1998. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Creativity & Genius (Psychology & Counseling) books. You can easily purchase or rent The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability (Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Creativity & Genius books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $13.26.

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Jensen provides a comprehensive treatment of one of the major constructs of behavioral science―general mental ability―labeled the g factor by its discoverer, Charles Spearman. The g factor is about individual differences in mental abilities. In factor analyses of any and every large and diverse collection of measures of mental abilities, however varied the content of knowledge and skills they call upon, g emerges as the largest, most general source of differences between individuals and between certain subpopulations.

Jensen fully and clearly explains the psychometric, statistical, genetic, and physiological basis of g, as well as the major theoretical challenges to the concept. For decades a key construct in differential psychology, the g factor's significance for scholars and researchers in the brain sciences as well as education, sociology, anthropology, evolutionary psychology, economics, and public policy is clearly evident in this, the most comprehensive treatment of g ever published.

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