Handbook of Intelligence Evolutionary Theory, Historical Perspective, and Current Concepts /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Goldstein, Sam (Editor), Princiotta, Dana (Editor), Naglieri, Jack A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; Developmental biology.; Assessment.; Sociology.; Developmental psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Sociology, general.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Philosophy of Language.; Developmental Biology.

Numerous functions, cognitive skills, and behaviors are associated with intelligence, yet decades of research has yielded little consensus on its definition. Emerging from often conflicting studies is the provocative idea that intelligence evolved as an adaptation humans needed to keep up with – and...