ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1969, Intelligence and Cultural Environment looks at the concept of intelligence and the factors influencing the mental development of children, including health and nutrition, as well as child-rearing practices. It goes on to discuss the application of intelligence tests in non-Western countries and includes both British and cross-cultural studies to illustrate this.

Inevitably a product of the time in which it was written, this book nonetheless makes a valuable contribution to intelligence theory as we know it today.

part I|29 pages

Current Conceptions of Intelligence

chapter I|6 pages

Introduction

chapter II|6 pages

Intelligence A, B and C

chapter III|6 pages

Cognitive and Intellectual Growth

chapter IV|5 pages

Factorial Conceptions of Intelligence

chapter V|4 pages

What is Potentiality?

part II|56 pages

Factors Influencing the Mental Development of Children

chapter VI|6 pages

Nutritional and Health Conditions

chapter VII|7 pages

Sensory-Motor and Perceptual Factors

chapter VIII|7 pages

Language

chapter XI|7 pages

American Studies, Particularly of Negroes

chapter XII|7 pages

Some Effects of Schooling and Age

chapter XIII|4 pages

Types of Social Structure and Values

part III|36 pages

The Application of Tests in Non-Western Cultures

chapter XIV|10 pages

General Principles

chapter XV|11 pages

Extrinsic Factors in Test Performance

chapter XVI|13 pages

Practical Conclusions

part IV|38 pages

Studies in Britain

chapter XVII|13 pages

The Tests

chapter XVIII|7 pages

What the Tests Measure

chapter XX|7 pages

Testing in the Hebrides

part V|50 pages

Cross-Cultural Studies

chapter XXI|8 pages

Jamaica

chapter XXII|5 pages

Main Investigation in Jamaica

chapter XXIII|6 pages

East African Culture and Education

chapter XXIV|6 pages

Testing of Ugandan Boys

chapter XXV|6 pages

Canadian Indians and Eskimos

chapter XXVI|8 pages

Background Data on Indian and Eskimo Boys

chapter XXVII|9 pages

Indians and Eskimos: Test Results

part VI|23 pages

Summary and Implications

chapter XXVIII|21 pages

Summary and Implications