Intelligence and learning. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nick Lund.
• Other Names: Lund, Nick, 1956-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE -- 2.1. What is Human Intelligence? -- 2.1.1. One Factor or Many? -- 2.2. Psychometric Theories -- 2.3. Learning Approach -- 2.4. Intelligence and Information Processing -- 2.5. Triarchic Theory of Intelligence -- 2.6. Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences -- 2.7. Emotional Intelligence -- ANIMAL LEARNING -- 3.1. Nature of Simple Learning -- 3.2. Classical Conditioning -- 3.3. Operant Conditioning -- 3.4. Problems of Simple Learning Theories -- 3.5. Information Processing Explanations of Learning -- ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE -- 4.1. What is 'Intelligence' in Non-Human Animals? -- 4.2. Social Learning -- 4.3. Self-Recognition -- 4.4. Machiavellian Intelligence -- 4.5. Theory of Mind -- 4.6. Language in Non-Human Animals -- EVOLUTION OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE -- 5.1. Why are Humans Intelligent? -- 5.2. Brain Size -- 5.3. Ecological Demands -- 5.4. Social Complexity -- INTELLIGENCE TEST PERFORMANCE -- 6.1. Intelligence and IQ -- 6.2. Genetic Influence on Intelligence -- 6.3. Neurobiology and Intelligence -- 6.4. Environmental Influences on Intelligence -- 6.4.1. Environmental Enrichment -- 6.5. Culture and Intelligence -- 6.6. Interaction of Nature and Nurture.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages), (6 illustrations)
• Subjects: 153.9; General; Intellect; Learning; Reference; Psychology; Learning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137239570; 1137239573
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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