Mental Ability Books

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Upkar's Mental Ability Test* Upkar's Mental Ability Test* (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mental-ability)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published
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A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.19 — 127 ratings — published
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Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing : Spiritual Preparation for an Emerging World (New Knowledge Library) Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing : Spiritual Preparation for an Emerging World (New Knowledge Library)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.72 — 89 ratings — published 1999
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Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.13 — 25,518 ratings — published 2011
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Focusing Focusing (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,579 ratings — published 1978
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Tao Te Ching: The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained Tao Te Ching: The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.31 — 167 ratings — published 2011
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The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus into Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,602 ratings — published 2006
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.33 — 47,990 ratings — published 1999
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Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.12 — 26,258 ratings — published 1978
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The Presence Process: A Healing Journey into Present Moment Awareness The Presence Process: A Healing Journey into Present Moment Awareness (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,019 ratings — published 2005
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The Bad Seed (The Food Group #1) The Bad Seed (The Food Group #1)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.33 — 39,005 ratings — published 2017
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The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3) The Cool Bean (The Food Group #3)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.41 — 11,128 ratings — published 2019
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What If Everybody Thought That? What If Everybody Thought That? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 3.84 — 736 ratings — published 2019
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It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,799 ratings — published 2019
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Islandborn Islandborn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.46 — 4,712 ratings — published 2018
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What If Everybody Did That? (What If Everybody? Book 1) What If Everybody Did That? (What If Everybody? Book 1)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,190 ratings — published 1990
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A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 4.13 — 596 ratings — published 2012
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Mind Hacking Secrets: Control Thinking, Improve Decision Making, Reclaim Your Attention, and Unlock Your Limitless Potential Mind Hacking Secrets: Control Thinking, Improve Decision Making, Reclaim Your Attention, and Unlock Your Limitless Potential (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as mental-ability)
avg rating 3.62 — 16 ratings — published
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“When studies using mental ability test scores from children are considered, the heritability of mental ability is typically found to be about .40, and the effect of the common or shared environment is found to be almost as strong, about .35. In contrast, when studies using mental ability test scores from adults (or older adolescents) are considered, estimates of the heritability of mental ability are much higher, typically about .65, whereas estimates of common or shared environment effects are much lower, probably under .20 (see review by Haworth et al., 2010). These findings indicate that differences among children in their levels of mental ability are attributable almost as much to their common environment—that is, to features of their family or household circumstances—as to their genetic inheritances. However, the findings also suggest that as children grow up, the differences among them in mental ability become less strongly related to the features of their common environments, and more strongly related to their genetic inheritances. In other words, the effect on one's mental ability of the family or household in which one is reared tends to become less important as one grows up, so that by adulthood one's level of mental ability is heavily dependent on one's genetic characteristics. It is as if one's level of mental ability—relative to that of other persons of the same age—can be raised (or lowered) during childhood by a particularly good (or poor) home environment, but then gradually returns to the level that one's genes tend to produce.”
Michael C. Ashton, Individual Differences and Personality

“When studies using mental ability test scores from children are considered, the heritability of mental ability is typically found to be about .40, and the effect of the common or shared environment is found to be almost as strong, about .35. In contrast, when studies using mental ability test scores from adults (or older adolescents) are considered, estimates of the heritability of mental ability are much higher, typically about .65, whereas estimates of common or shared environment effects are much lower, probably under .20 (see review by Haworth et al., 2010). These findings indicate that differences among children in their levels of mental ability are attributable almost as much to their common environment—that is, to features of their family or household circumstances—as to their genetic inheritances. However, the findings also suggest that as children grow up, the differences among them in mental ability become less strongly related to the features of their common environments, and more strongly related to their genetic inheritances. In other words, the effect on one's mental ability of the family or household in which one is reared tends to become less important as one grows up, so that by adulthood one's level of mental ability is heavily dependent on one's genetic characteristics. It is as if one's level of mental ability—relative to that of other persons of the same age—can be raised (or lowered) during childhood by a particularly good (or poor) home environment, but then gradually returns to the level that one's genes tend to produce.

The aforementioned findings are based mainly on samples of participants who belong to the broad middle class of modern Western countries. There is some evidence, though, that the heritability of IQ tends to be somewhat lower (at least until young adulthood, and perhaps beyond) when studies are conducted using participants of less enriched environments, such as those in economically underdeveloped countries or in the lowest socioeconomic classes of some Western countries (see review by Nisbett et al., 2012). One recent study (Tucker-Drob & Bates, 2016) found that in the United States, additive genetic influences had a weaker influence on IQ among persons of low socioeconomic status than among persons of high socioeconomic status. (Interestingly, Tucker-Drob and Bates did not find this effect in western European countries or in Australia, where socioeconomic status differences tend to be smaller.) The above findings suggest that whenever the heritability of IQ is discussed, it is important to consider the ages of the persons being examined as well as their socioeconomic status and their country.”
Michael C. Ashton, Individual Differences and Personality

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