Our New Book: «What Is Intelligence? From IQ To Multiple Intelligences»
There is a new book from the founders of Psychology and Mind! Is about What is intelligence?: from IQ to multiple intelligences a work that aims to give a panoramic view of the development of research on intelligence and the main authors who have presented theories about it.
Among its pages there is a review of everything fundamental related to the topic: how did the study of intelligence emerge? What is IQ? How does an intelligence test work? How does being more or less skilled in this set of mental abilities impact our lives? Does it simply arise from the genetics we inherit, or can it be shaped by our learning? Is there only one intelligence, or many? In this work of Adrian Triglia, Bertrand Regader and Jonathan Garcia-Allen You have the opportunity to answer all these questions.
From experience, we know that intelligence is one of the topics related to psychology that generates the most interest. This is normal, taking into account that it is one of the most important psychological constructs when it comes to predicting the quality of life that people will have. This set of mental skills allows us to communicate better, apply for better jobs, follow a healthier lifestyle, and make better decisions.
Furthermore, although it greatly influences our lives, this is a topic capable of sparking the most heated discussions. As Intelligence is a concept that has been incorporated into the vocabulary of the entire world and since practically everything we do is linked in one way or another to it, it is very easy to position oneself for or against an opinion about what defines us as intelligent beings, how this quality can be measured, how how it can be enhanced, how intelligent people behave, etc.
As if that were not enough, there are even those who have even questioned the idea that there is a single intelligence, causing some to adhere to a vision of mental abilities according to which there are a series of cognitive abilities that run in parallel (musical intelligence , spatial intelligence), so that schools would only be focusing on evaluating a very limited number of these qualities, leaving out all of them that do not adapt to the gears of the economy. It is even possible that many believe that this is the prevailing paradigm in psychology, which is a mistake.
So, the intelligence It has to be addressed in any initiative that aims to disseminate about psychology in general And, in this case, we have been in charge of putting this grain of sand in the Neuroscience and Psychology collection of El País. You can order it at any Kiosk in Spain.psicologia.html).
What does “What is intelligence? From IQ to multiple intelligences?”
The book we present is a work specially designed to be an introduction to the topic of intelligence. That is to say, for readers who have never had contact with the subject and who have not yet become familiar with the concepts worked on in this broad field of research. It condenses, in relatively little space, everything essential to understanding this facet of human behavior, and also contains illustrations and diagrams to make it easy to understand.
Oh, it also contains sections especially dedicated to curiosities! These small “modules” always They help to have a more global vision of what human cognition is the people who have made contributions to this scientific field or the context in which these investigations have been developed… although some have been added, simply, because they are fun.
So now you know, if you are interested in forming a general idea about everything that is known about intelligence, this can be a good entry point as a dissemination-oriented book on psychology It never hurts to know how that group of mental abilities works that has allowed us to be who we are!
