Human Intelligence

List of contents

Introduction
Part I. BACKGROUND FACTORS
Genetics and Competence: Do Heritability Indices Predict Educability?
The Role of Experience in the Development of Competence
Intelligence-Why It Grows, Why It Declines
Part II. OF SOCIAL CLASS AND EDUCATION
The Demographic Context of Metropolitan Education
Of Achievement, Hope, and Time in Poverty
How Teachers Learn to Help Children Fail
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Ghetto Education
Part III. CREATIVITY AND INTELLIGENCE
Creativity and Intelligence in Children
The Creative Artist as an Explorer
Part IV. THE DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF COMPETENCE
A Revolution in Treatment of the Retarded
Changing the Game from
Get the Teacher to Learn
Programmed for Social Class: Tracking in American
High Schools
Rich Man's Qualifications for Poor Man's Jobs
About the Authors

About the author

J. McVicker Hunt

Summary

What determines human intelligence? What is its relationship to creativity? Its potential for change? To illuminate some of these questions, J. McVicker Hunt has gathered together a number of essays previously published in fra/jsaction magazine.

Product details

• Assisted by: J. McV. Hunt (Editor), J. McVicker Hunt (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2023
• EAN: 9781138525450
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52545-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability