Riddle of Intelligence - Its Not What You Think

"There is little agreement today on what it takes to be intelligent. Yet this word is widely believed to be about something real, mostly biological, and important. From this popular perspective, intelligence is also something you can have a lot of, and luckily find yourself being labeled as a genius. Or sadly, something you do not have nearly enough of, and so find yourself being seen by others, at least behind your back, as silly, stupid, or plainly idiotic. Looked at closely, however, it turns out this word belongs more in the realm of traditional folklore than modern science"--

About the author

John Edward Terrell is Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology Emeritus at Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Eugene Anderson is Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, at the University of California, Riverside. He studies cultural ecology and medical anthropology.
Foreman Bandama is the Assistant Curator of African
Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History, and Lecturer at the
University of Illinois, Chicago.

Abhik Ghosh is Professor of Social Anthropology,
Panjab University, Chandigarh, where he has been Chairperson of the
Department of Anthropology and the Coordinator of the CAS-II Program at
the University of Delhi.

Marcia Leenen-Young is a senior lecturer in Pacific in Pacific Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland.

Product details

• Authors: Eugene Anderson, Anderson Eugene, Foreman Bandama, Abhik Ghosh, Marcia Leenen-Young, John Edward Terrell, John Edward Anderson Terrell, Terrell John Edward
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9781805399940
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-994-0
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Explanations in the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognitive studies, Cognitive Science, Sociology; Anthropology (General)