The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence

Written by the foremost experts in the field, this is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and definitive account of human intelligence.

Robert J. Sternberg (Edited by)

9781108719193, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 January 2020

1266 pages, 52 b/w illus. 17 tables
25.3 x 17.3 x 6.7 cm, 2.38 kg

'Robert J. Sternberg has assembled the ideal people to cover the field of intelligence at the highest level of expertise. This Handbook is destined to remain the definitive source for information about the field for a long time.' Richard E. Nisbett, Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan

Written by the foremost experts in human intelligence. It not only includes traditional topics, such as the nature, measurement, and development of intelligence, but also contemporary research into intelligence and video games, collective intelligence, emotional intelligence, and leadership intelligence. In an area of study that has been fraught with ideological differences, this Handbook provides scientifically balanced and objective chapters covering a wide range of topics. It does not shy away from material that historically has been emotionally charged and sometimes covered in biased ways, such as intellectual disability, race and intelligence, culture and intelligence, and intelligence testing. The overview provided by this two-volume set leaves virtually no area of intelligence research uncovered, making it an ideal resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals looking for a refresher or a summary of the new developments.

Part I. Intelligence and its Measurement: 1. The concept of intelligence
2. A history of research on intelligence part I: pre-twentieth century origins in philosophy
3. A history of research on intelligence part II: psychological theory, research, and practice in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
4. An alternative view on the measurement of intelligence and its history
5. Factor-analytic models of intelligence
Part II. Development of Intelligence: 6. Genetic bases of intelligence
7. Intelligence in infancy
8. Intelligence in childhood
9. Intelligence in adulthood
10. Developing intelligence through instruction
Part III. Intelligence and Group Differences: 11. Intellectual disability
12. Prodigies and savants
13. Intellectual giftedness
14. Sex differences in intelligence
15. Racial and ethnic group differences in the United States: multi-cultural perspectives
16. Race and intelligence: it's not a black and white issue
Part IV. Biology of Intelligence: 17. Animal intelligence
18. The evolution of intelligence: reconstructing the pathway to the human mind
19. The biological basis of intelligence
Part V. Intelligence and Information Processing: 20. Basic processes of intelligence
21. Working memory and intelligence
22. Intelligence and reasoning
23. Intelligence and problem solving
24. Intelligence and decision making
25. Artificial intelligence
26. Intelligence and video games
Part VI. Kinds of Intelligence: 27. The theory of multiple intelligences
28. The augmented theory of successful intelligence
29. Emotional intelligence
30. Practical intelligence
31. Social intelligence
32. Collective intelligence
33. Leadership intelligence
34. Cultural intelligence
35. Mating intelligence
36. Consumer and marketer intelligence
Part VII. Intelligence and its Role in Society: 37. Intelligence in worldwide perspective: a twenty-first-century update
38. Historical evolution of intelligence
39. Secular changes in intelligence: the 'Flynn Effect'
40. Society and intelligence
41. Environmental effects on intelligence
Part VIII. Intelligence and Allied Constructs: 42. Intelligence and personality
43. Intelligence and achievement
44. Intelligence and motivation
45. Intelligence and creativity
46. Intelligence and rationality
47. Intelligence and wisdom
48. Intelligence and expertise
Part IX. Folk Conceptions of Intelligence: 49. Self- and other-estimates of intelligence
Part X. Conclusion: 50. Speculations on the future of intelligence research.

Subject Areas: Intelligence & reasoning [JMRN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Psychology: emotions [JMQ], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH]