Extending Intelligence: Enhancement and New Constructs

by Kyllonen; Patrick C.

• ISBN13: 9780805845044
• ISBN10: 0805845046
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume presents research from a variety of perspectives on the enhancement of human intelligence. It is organized around five themes enhancement via instruction; enhancement via development (over the life cycle); enhancement over time; enhancement via new constructs; and new directions in enhancement. Three key issues are addressed: *First, although most of the scientific research on intelligence has concerned what it is, this volume attends to the consequential societal and economic issue concerns of whether it can be increased, and how. *Second, intellectual enhancement is particularly important when targeted to minorities and the poor, groups that have typically performed relatively less well on intelligence and achievement measures. This volume reflects the education community's ongoing interest in understanding, and attempting to close, achievement or test score gaps. *Third, most of the attention to examining intellectual enhancement, and in accounting for and closing the test-score gap, has focused on general cognitive ability. In line with the current emphasis on considering intelligence from a wider perspective, this volume includes constructs such as emotional and practical intelligence in definitions of intellectual functioning. Extending Intelligence: Enhancement and New Constructsis an essential volume for researchers, students, and professionals in the fields of educational psychology, intelligence, educational measurement and assessment, and critical thinking.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
General Background	p. 1
Enhancement and New Constructs: Overview and Rationale	p. 3
Enhancement via Instruction	p. 13
Improving Intelligence: What's the Difference From Education?	p. 15
Schooling and Intelligence: Effects of Track of Study on Level and Profile of Cognitive Abilities	p. 37
Early Childhood Interventions: The Abecedarian Project	p. 61
Does Education Influence Intelligence?	p. 85
Enhancement via Development	p. 93
Child Development: The Underweighted Aspect of Intelligence	p. 95
Enhancing Development in Intellectually Talented Populations	p. 109
Studies of the Impacts of Minimum Academic Standards (Prop 48) on the Academic Achievements of College Student-Athletes	p. 133
Is There a Standard for Standardized Testing? Four Sketches of the Applicability (or Lack Thereof) of Standardized Testing in Different Educational Systems	p. 157
Enhancement Over Time	p. 183
Spearman, g, Expertise, and the Nature of Human Cognitive Capability	p. 185
Become a Demosthenes! Compensating Age-Related Memory Deficits With Expert Strategies	p. 231
The History of the American Mind in the 20th Century: A Scenario to Explain IQ Gains Over Time and a Case for the Irrelevance of g	p. 245
Enhancement via New Constructs	p. 265
'g,' g's, or Jeez: Which Is the Best Model for Developing Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise?	p. 267
What Is Emotional Intelligence and What Does It Predict?'	p. 319
Is Intelligence Critical Thinking? Why We Need a New Definition of Intelligence	p. 349
New Directions in Enhancement	p. 371
Nutrition and Intellectual Development	p. 373
Challenges and Opportunities for Intelligence Augmentation	p. 395
The Future of Human Intelligence: Enhancing Cognitive Capacity in a 24/7 World	p. 407
Conclusions	p. 431
Extending Intelligence: Conclusions and Future Directions	p. 433
Author Index	p. 453
Subject Index	p. 463
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