1st Edition

The Contribution of Cognitive Psychology to the Study of Individual Cognitive Differences and Intelligence A Special Issue of the European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Edited By Cesare Cornoldi Copyright 2006
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Psychology Press

What is intelligence? How can we examine individual differences in intelligence? What does it mean to be very intelligent or dumb? Such questions have always pervaded human thinking, and have been raised during the development of scientific psychology. However, for many years, the practical needs of having reliable measures of intelligence have prevailed and the field has suffered the limitations... Read more

C. Cornoldi, The Contribution of Cognitive Psychology to the Study of Human Intelligence. O. Wilhelm, K. Oberauer, Why are Reasoning Ability and Working Memory Capacity Related to Mental Speed? An Investigation of Stimulus–response Compatibility in Choice-reaction-time Tasks. E. Borella, B. Carretti, I.C. Mammarella, Do Working Memory and Susceptibility to Interference Predict Individual Differences in Fluid Intelligence? M. Marschark, Intellectual Functioning of Deaf Adults and Children: Answers and Questions. E.M. Elliott, K.M. Barrilleaux, N. Cowan, Individual Differences in the Ability to Avoid Distracting Sounds. A. de Ribaupierre, T. Lecerf, Relationships between Working Memory and Intelligence from a Developmental Perspective: Convergent Evidence froma Neo-Piagetian and Psychometric Approach.  S. Holmgren, B. Molander, L-G. Nilsson, Intelligence and Executive Functioning in Adult Age: Effects of Sibship Size and Birth Order.

Biography

Cesare Cornoldi