Human Cognitive Abilities A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies

Name: Human Cognitive Abilities A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies
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ISBN: 9780521382755

ISBN-10: 0521382750

ISBN-13: 9780521382755

Edition: 1993

Authors: John Bissell Carroll

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This long awaited 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. The author describes his detailed findings resulting from reanalysis of more than 460 data sets from the factor-analytic literature, followed by a presentation of a hierarchical, three-stratum theory of cognitive ability and its implications for further research. A set of three computer disks (IBM 3-1/2" 1.4 megabytes, ASCII format) containing the numerical…

Book details

List price: $145.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/26/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 828
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.73" tall
Weight: 2.926
Language: English



Preface



Introduction to the Survey



The study of cognitive abilities



Historical foundations of the study of cognitive abilities



Survey and analysis of correlational and factor-analytic research on cognitive abilities: methodology



Survey and analysis of correlational and factor-analytic research on cognitive abilities: overview of outcomes



The Identification and Description of Cognitive Abilities



Abilities in the Domain of language



Abilities in the Domain of reasoning



Abilities in the Domain of memory and learning



Abilities in the Domain of visual perception



Abilities in the Domain of auditory reception



Abilities in the Domain of idea production



Abilities in the Domain of cognitive speed



Abilities in the Domain of knowledge and achievement



Psychomotor abilities



Miscellaneous domains of ability and personal characteristics



Higher-order factors of cognitive ability



Issues



A theory of cognitive abilities: the three-stratum theory



Issue about abilities: nature and nurture and others



Implications and recommendations


References and list of datasets


Appendices


Name index


Subject index