Chapter 10 - Mental Ability. Ashton, M. C. In Individual Differences and Personality (Fourth Edition), pages 237-291. Academic Press, Fourth Edition edition, 2023. ![Chapter 10 - Mental Ability [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex In this chapter, we will explore several important questions about human mental abilities. In many ways, these questions are similar to those that we have addressed throughout this book in the context of personality variation. We will begin with the issue of the structure of mental abilities: Is there a general tendency for some people to be “smarter” than others across the full array of intellectual tasks? Or, is there a tendency for some people to be “smart” at some intellectual tasks and for other people to be “smart” at other such tasks? After discussing the structure of mental abilities, we will consider a series of questions about the nature of mental ability. How do levels of mental ability change throughout the life span, and how stable are individual differences in mental ability across long periods of time? What are the biological variables that underlie variation among people in mental ability? Is this variation mainly attributable to genetic or to environmental differences? To the extent that the environment is involved, which aspects have the strongest impact on mental abilities?
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abstract = {In this chapter, we will explore several important questions about human mental abilities. In many ways, these questions are similar to those that we have addressed throughout this book in the context of personality variation. We will begin with the issue of the structure of mental abilities: Is there a general tendency for some people to be “smarter” than others across the full array of intellectual tasks? Or, is there a tendency for some people to be “smart” at some intellectual tasks and for other people to be “smart” at other such tasks? After discussing the structure of mental abilities, we will consider a series of questions about the nature of mental ability. How do levels of mental ability change throughout the life span, and how stable are individual differences in mental ability across long periods of time? What are the biological variables that underlie variation among people in mental ability? Is this variation mainly attributable to genetic or to environmental differences? To the extent that the environment is involved, which aspects have the strongest impact on mental abilities?}
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