false 6251150 1 <DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Critics of intelligence tests—writers such as Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, and Daniel Goleman—have argued in recent years that these tests neglect important qualities such as emotion, empathy, and interpersonal skills. However, such critiques imply that though intelligence tests may miss certain key noncognitive areas, they encompass most of what is important in the cognitive domain. In this book, Keith E. Stanovich challenges this widely held assumption.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Stanovich shows that IQ tests (or their proxies, such as the SAT) are radically incomplete as measures of cognitive functioning. They fail to assess traits that most people associate with “good thinking,” skills such as judgment and decision making. Such cognitive skills are crucial to real-world behavior, affecting the way we plan, evaluate critical evidence, judge risks and probabilities, and make effective decisions. IQ tests fail to assess these skills of rational thought, even though they are measurable cognitive processes. Rational thought is just as important as intelligence, Stanovich argues, and it should be valued as highly as the abilities currently measured on intelligence tests.</P></DIV> (20080501) 6434025 27 1 2009 What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought total:1|2:1| 1 2 16 0 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 16:35:44 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 16:35:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 15:32:31 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 15:32:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 13:46:28 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 13:46:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 17:09:22 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 20:48:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 18:27:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 18:27:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jun 18 13:44:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 17:26:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:44:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 06 12:04:16 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 12:04:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 03 20:05:12 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:05:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 29 09:52:45 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 09:52:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Mar 28 11:08:49 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 11:08:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 12:51:56 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:51:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 10 08:29:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 08:29:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 09 09:34:42 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:34:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 16 12:05:53 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:05:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 13 17:43:02 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 17:43:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 13 06:50:18 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 06:50:18 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6251150