Intelligence And Learning

Review:
'This is an important and authoritative text on learning and intelligence. Lund provides concise yet comprehensive coverage of both topics and the book is ideally suited to students studying psychology at A level, Scottish Higher or undergraduate levels'. - Hilary Tait, Lecturer and Teaching Fellow in Psychology, Edinburgh Napier University

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION PART I: THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE What is Human Intelligence? One Factor or Many? Psychometric Theories Learning Approach Intelligence and Information Processing Triarchic Theory of Intelligence Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences Emotional Intelligence PART II: ANIMAL LEARNING Nature of Simple Learning Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning Problems of Simple Learning Theories Information Processing Explanations of Learning PART III: ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE What is 'Intelligence' in Non-Human Animals? Social Learning Self-Recognition Machiavellian Intelligence Theory of Mind Language in Non-Human Animals PART IV: EVOLUTION OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE Why are Humans Intelligent? Brain Size Ecological Demands Social Complexity PART V: INTELLIGENCE TEST PERFORMANCE Intelligence and IQ Genetic Influence on Intelligence Neurobiology and Intelligence Environmental Influences on Intelligence Environmental Enrichment Culture and Intelligence Interaction of Nature and Nurture

Author Biography:
NICK LUND is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, and has also acted as a Consultant for a major exam board.