John B. Carroll

Human Cognitive Abilities

A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies

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Produktbeschreibung

This long awaited work surveys and summarizes the results of more than seventy years of investigation into human cognitive ability.

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This 1993 work surveys and summarizes the results of more than seventy years of investigation, by factor analysis, of a variety of cognitive abilities, with particular attention to language, thinking, memory, visual and auditory perception, creativity and the production of ideas, and the speed and accuracy of mental processing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 828
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1208g
• ISBN-13: 9780521387125
• ISBN-10: 0521387124
• Artikelnr.: 21389385

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Introduction to the Survey: 1. The study of cognitive abilities
2. Historical foundations of the study of cognitive abilities
3. Survey and analysis of correlational and factor-analytic research on cognitive abilities: methodology
4. Survey and analysis of correlational and factor-analytic research on cognitive abilities: overview of outcomes
Part II. The Identification and Description of Cognitive Abilities: 5. Abilities in the domain of language
6. Abilities in the domain of reasoning
7. Abilities in the domain of memory and learning
8. Abilities in the domain of visual perception
9. Abilities in the domain of auditory reception
10. Abilities in the domain of idea production
11. Abilities in the domain of cognitive speed
12. Abilities in the domain of knowledge and achievement
13. Psychomotor abilities
14. Miscellaneous domains of ability and personal characteristics
15. Higher-order factors of cognitive ability
Part III. Issues: 16. A theory of cognitive abilities: the three-stratum theory
17. Issue about abilities: nature and nurture and others
18. Implications and recommendations
References and list of datasets
Appendices
Name index
Subject index.