Cognition And Intelligence: Identifying The Mechanisms Of The Mind

P1: KOD/LCL P2: IYP/LCL-IVO CB738-Sternberg-FM QC: KOD CB738-Sternberg-v1 January 25, 2005 This page intentionally left blank ii 14:24 P1: KOD/LCL P2: IYP/LCL-IVO CB738-Sternberg-FM QC: KOD CB738-Sternberg-v1 January 25, 2005 Cognition and Intelligence In 1957, Lee Cronbach called on the membership of the American Psychological Association to bring together experimental and differential approaches to the study of cognition. The field of intelligence research is an example of a response to that call, and Cognition and Intelligence: Identifying the Mechanisms of the Mind investigates the progress of this research program in the literature of the past several decades. With contributions from formative experts in the field, including Earl Hunt and Robert Sternberg, this volume reviews the research on the study of intelligence from diverse cognitive approaches, from the most bottomup to the most top-down. The authors present their findings on the underlying cognitive aspects of intelligence based on their studies of neuroscience, reaction time, artificial intelligence, problem solving, metacognition, and development. The book summarizes and synthesizes the literature reviewed and makes recommendations for the pursuit of future research in the field. Robert J. Sternberg is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale, Director of the PACE Center at Yale, and 2003 President of the American Psychological Association. He is the author of more than 1,000 publications on topics related to cognition and intelligence and has received over $18 million in grants for his research. He has won numerous awards from professional associations and holds five honorary doctorates. Jean E. Pretz received her B.A. from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University. She is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Her doctoral work examines the role of intuition and expertise in practical problem solving from both an experimental and a differential perspective. This project has received the American Psychological Foundation/Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (APF/COGDOP) Graduate Research Scholarship Award, the American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award, as well as a Yale University Dissertation Fellowship. Her research on the role of implicit processes in insight problem solving received two awards from the American Psychological Society Graduate Student Caucus. She has also received a Fulbright fellowship to study the psychology of religion in the former East Germany. Dr. Pretz has coauthored a book on creativity titled, The Creativity Conundrum, with Dr. Sternberg and Dr. James Kaufman. i 14:24 P1: KOD/LCL P2: IYP/LCL-IVO CB738-Sternberg-FM QC: KOD CB738-Sternberg-v1 January 25, 2005 ii 14:24 P1: KOD/LCL P2: IYP/LCL-IVO CB738-Sternberg-FM QC: KOD CB738-Sternberg-v1 January 25, 2005 Cognition and Intelligence Identifying the Mechanisms of the Mind Edited by ROBERT J. STERNBERG Yale University JEAN E. PRETZ Yale University iii 14:24 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New