Handbook of Understanding and Measuring Intelligence

by Oliver Wilhelm, Randall W. Engle

Overview

The Handbook of Understanding and Measuring Intelligence provides an overview of recent studies on intelligence to help readers develop a sound understanding of results and perspectives in intelligence research. In this volume, editors Oliver Wilhelm and Randall W. Engle bring together a group of respected experts from two fields of intelligence research, cognition and methods, to summarize, review, and evaluate research in their areas of expertise. The chapters in this book present state-of-the-art examinations of a particular domain of intelligence research and highlight important methodological considerations, theoretical claims, and pervasive problems in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761928874
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/28/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Oliver Wilhelm, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany. He earned his doctoral degree in 2000 from the Universeity of Mannheim and subsequently worked at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and at the University of Arizona in Tucson. His research focuses on individual differences in working memory, reasoning, and mental speed. Additional research interests are in intellectual engagement, openness for new experiences, and cognitive failures and how these traits relate to various abilities. He is also doing experimental work on deductive reasoning and working memory.

Randall W. Engle received his Ph.D. in 1973 from Ohio State University, where his mentor was D.D. Wickens. Following a 21 year tenure at the University of South Carolina, he moved to Atlanta, where he took the position of Professor and Chair of the School of Psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has published numerous papers and book chapters exploring the properties of attention and working memory capacity and their relationship to intelligence. Together with faculty colleagues across the globe, the Engle team, including former doctoral students and post docs, continues to pursue the nature of working memory capacity using micro-analytic experimental studies and macro-analytic factor analysis studies.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction (Intelligence: A Diva and a Work Horse) - O. Wilhelm, & R. W. Engle
Assessing Problem Solving in Context - P. C. Kyllonen, & S. Lee
Mental Speed: On Frameworks, Paradigms, and a Platform for the Future - V. Danthiir, R. D. Roberts, R. Schulze, & O. Wilhelm
Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Intelligence: Defense of a Reductionist Approach - A. R. A. Conway
Working Memory Capacity, Attention Control, and Fluid Intelligence - R. P. Heitz, N. Unsworth, & R. W. Engle
Emotional Intelligence: An Elusive Ability - G. Matthews, M. Zeidner, & R. D. Roberts
Metacognition and Intelligence - C. Hertzog, & A. E. Robinson
Knowledge and Intelligence - P. L. Ackerman, & M. E. Beier
Full Frontal Fluidity? Looking in on the Neuroimaging of Reasoning and Intelligence - M. J. Kane
Behavioral Genetics and Intelligence - S. A. Petrill
A Dialectical Constructivist View of Developmental Intelligence - J. Pascual-Leone, & J. Johnson
Development of Intellectual Abilities in Old Age: From Age Gradients to Individuals - M. Lövdén, & U. Lindenberger
Group Differences in Intelligence and Related Measures - W. W. Wittmann
Modeling Structures of Intelligence - R. Schulze
Item Response Theory and the Measurement of Cognitive Processes - F. Schmiedek g Factor: Issues of Design and Interpretation - L. Stankov
Capturing Successful Intelligence Through Measures of Analytic, Creative, and Practical Skills - P. J. Henry, R. J. Sternberg, & E. L. Grigorenko
Faceted Models of Intelligence - H.-M. Süß & A. Beauducel
Assessing Intelligence: Past, Present, and Future - R. D. Roberts, P. M. Markham, M. Zeidner, & G. Matthews
The Role of Domain Knowledge in Higher-Level Cognition - D. Z. Hambrick
Measuring Reasoning Ability - O. Wilhelm
The Measurement of Working Memory Capacity - K. Oberauer
Working Memory, Intelligence, and Learning Disabilities - H. L. Swanson
Cognitive Ability in Selection Decisions - D. S. Ones, C. Viswesvaran, & S. Dilchert
Understanding Intelligence: A Summary and an Adjustable-Attention Hypothesis - N. Cowan
To g or not to g - That Is the Question - N. Brody

Editorial Reviews

"...it is extremely useful and contemporary, covering among its five hundred pages, genetics, neuro-imaging and emotional intelligence. It also provides a good indicator of current psychological work in the area with empirical evidence and theory sitting alongside each other. The material on meta-cognition would, I suspect, be of most interest to philosophers, along with the more basic questions concerning the nature of memory and intelligence. "

—PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY

Robert G. Hill

"This volume provides an in-depth yet accessible and up-to-date review of the key topics pertinent to current intelligence research. This state-of-the-art summary about our theoretical understanding of human abilities and their measurement is of interest for researchers, practitioners, and advanced students in psychology, education, and related disciplines. It's a great summary and a good read on a truly important topic. "

Doctor - Heinz Holling

"Wilhelm and Engle have compiled a highly informative set of chapters on various topics related to intelligence. The chapters describing recent European work will be especially informative for North American readers. The work is strengthened by provision of review chapters that keep the reader in sight of the forest rather than the trees. "

Earl Hunt

"This volume provides an in-depth yet accessible and up-to-date review of the key topics pertinent to current intelligence research. This state-of-the-art summary about our theoretical understanding of human abilities and their measurement is of interest for researchers, practitioners, and advanced students in psychology, education, and related disciplines. It's a great summary and a good read on a truly important topic. "

Dr. Heinz Holling