Human Abilities in Cultural Contexts Book

Preface; Acknowledgments;

Part I. Human Abilities in Theoretical Cultures:

1. The abilities of mankind: a revaluation S. H. Irvine and J. W. Berry;
2. A triatchic view of intelligence in cross-cultural perspective Robert J. Sternberg;
3. The biological basis of intelligence H. J. Eysenck;
4. Speed of information processing and population differences Arthur R. Jensen;
5. The factor model as a theoretical basis for individual differences Joseph R. Royce;
6. The meaning of item bias in ability tests Ype H. Poortinga and Henk van der Flier;

Part II. Cultural Responses to Ability Measurement:
7. The British 'cultural influence' on ability testing Paul Kline;
8. Cultural influences on patterns of abilities in North America Philip Anthony Vernon, Douglas N. Jackson and Samuel Messick;
9. Human abilities in the Eastern Mediterranean Cigdem Kagitcibasi and Isik Savasir;
10. The Norwegian tests and measuremtns in cultural context Knut A. Hagtvet and Johan O. Undheim;
11. Human assessment in Australia Daphne M. Keats and John A. Keats;
12. Test performance of blacks in Southern Africa I. M. Kendall, Mary Ann Vester and J. W. Von Mollendorf;
13. Individual differences among the peoples of china J. W. C. Chan and Philip E. Vernon;
14. japanese abilities and achievements Saburo Iwawaki and Philip E. Vernon;

Part III. Cultural Limits Upon Human Assessment:
15. Native North Americans: Indian and inuit abilities Damian McShane and J. W. Berry;
16. Aboriginal cognition and psychological nescience L. Z. Klich;
17. Testing Bushmen in the Central Kalahari Helmut Reuning;
18. Caste and cognitive processesJ. P. Das and Amulya Kanti Satpathy Khurana;
19. Educational adaptation and achievement of ethnic minority adolescents in Britain Gajendra K. Verma;
20. The diminishing test performance gap between English speakers and Afrikaans speakers in South Africa J. M. Verster and R. J. Prinsloo; Author index; Subject index.