Intelligence and Abilities

Colin Cooper is Lecturer in Psychology at the Queen’s University, Belfast. He has taught and published extensively in the field of individual differences. He has recently edited Processes in Individual Differences (Routledge 1997) and authored a textbook on the nature and measurement of individual differences.

• 1. Mental abilities 2. The structure of mental abilities 3. Alternative views of the structure of ability 4. The genetics of ability 5. Ability processes 6. Correlates of abilities 7. Overview Glossary Tables Figures References

`In Intelligence and Abilities, Colin Cooper provides an admirably clear and thoughtful introduction to psychological research into the structure of people's abilities. A strong feature of Intelligence and Abilities is cooper's balanced and informed discussion of the genetics of ability. He is rarely dogmatic, and is prepared to examine areas of controversy rather than glossing over them.' - Michael J.A. Howe, Exeter University, APA Review of Books