What intelligence tests miss
the psychology of rational thought
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Author
Publication
2009 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
77,000 words, Guess
Page Count
308 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewhatintelligence00stan
- Internet Archivewhatintelligence0000stan_c6y1
- Internet Archivewhatintelligence0000stan
- ISBN-139780300123852
- ISBN-10030012385X
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- LibraryThing7560141
- Library of Congress Control Number2008037325
- OCLC Control Number216936066
- Better World Books9780300123852
- Open LibraryOL22501500M
Classifications
- DDC153.9
- LCCBF431 .S687 2009
- LCCBF431.S687 2009
Description
Stanovich shows that IQ tests (or their proxies, such as the SAT) are radically incomplete as measures of cognitive functioning. They fail to assess traits that most people associate with "good thinking," skills such as judgment and decision making. Such cognitive skills are crucial to real-world behavior, affecting the way we plan, evaluate critical evidence, judge risks and probabilities, and make effective decisions. IQ tests fail to assess these skills of rational thought, even though they are measurable cognitive processes. Rational thought is just as important as intelligence, Stanovich argues, and it should be valued as highly as the abilities currently measured on intelligence tests. --from publisher description.
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