Human Cognitive Abilities

Short description: Book about human intelligence measurement

Human Cognitive Abilities: A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies

Author| John B. Carroll
Subject| Psychometrics
Published| 1993
Publisher| Cambridge University Press
ISBN| 0-521-38712-4

Human Cognitive Abilities: A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies is a 1993 book by psychologist John B. Carroll. It provides an overview of psychometric research using factor analysis to study human intelligence. It has proven highly influential in subsequent intelligence research; in 2009, Kevin McGrew described it as a "seminal treatise". The majority of datasets analyzed in the book were later compiled and made freely available on the Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation Human Cognitive Abilities online archive.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Content
* 2 Reviews
* 3 Influence
* 4 References

## Content

Human Cognitive Abilities is divided into three parts: an introductory background section, a section discussing the different domains of cognitive ability, and a section discussing more general issues related to the study of such abilities, such as the three-stratum theory.[2]

## Reviews

Douglas A. Bors reviewed the book favorably in the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, concluding that "It undoubtedly is a book that anyone interested in cognitive abilities would wish to explore because of its encyclopedic, in-depth coverage of the topic."[3] In the journal Gifted Child Quarterly, Michael C. Pyryt of the University of Calgary described the book as "...a remarkable achievement that should be of interest to everyone in gifted education" and "an important contribution to the field of individual differences."[4] Neville A. Stanton stated that "The work presented...appears to be as exhaustive as it is comprehensive."[2] In another favorable review, Timothy Z. Keith predicted that the book "...will become a sourcebook for researchers and an invaluable resource for others interested in human cognitive abilities."[5] Robert B. Burns of the University of California, Riverside praised it as "truly a remarkable book" and as "simply the finest work of research and scholarship I have read".[6] Professor Jordan B Peterson stated in a similar manner that "...this is a book that everyone who is a psychologist [needs to read in order to be one]."[7]

## Influence

According to Schneider & McGrew, Human Cognitive Abilities was the first ever book to present "an empirically based taxonomy of human cognitive abilities...in a single, coherent, organized, systematic framework". They also described Carroll's book as "a much-needed Rosetta stone" for future human intelligence researchers.[8] Arthur Jensen referred to the book as Carroll's "crowning achievement" and "a truly monumental work. It was a fulfillment of something that most of us would agree needed to be done, but it seemed too vast an undertaking to imagine how it could ever be done effectively and adequately."[9] In 1998, Carroll himself described the book's publication as "the most bracing event of my life" over the previous few years.[10]

## References

1. ↑ McGrew, Kevin S. (January 2009). "CHC theory and the human cognitive abilities project: Standing on the shoulders of the giants of psychometric intelligence research" (in en). Intelligence 37 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2008.08.004.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stanton, Neville (May 1995). "Human Cognitive Abilities: A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies, by J. B. Carroll, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1993), pp. iv + 819, ISBN 0-521-38712-4." (in en). Ergonomics 38 (5): 1074. doi:10.1080/00140139508925174. ISSN 0014-0139.
3. ↑ Bors, Douglas A. (1993). "The factor-analytic approach to intelligence is alive and well: A review of Carroll, J. B. (1993). Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor-analytic studies." (in en). Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology 47 (4): 763–766. doi:10.1037/h0084956. ISSN 1878-7290.
4. ↑ Pyryt, Michael C. (April 1999). "Book Review: Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor analytic studies" (in en). Gifted Child Quarterly 43 (2): 107–108. doi:10.1177/001698629904300207. ISSN 0016-9862.
5. ↑ Keith, Timothy Z. (January 1995). "Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor-analytic studies" (in en). Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems 18 (2): 203–206. doi:10.1016/1061-7361(95)90041-1.
6. ↑ Burns, Robert B. (April 1994). "Book Reviews: Surveying the Cognitive Terrain" (in en). Educational Researcher 23 (3): 35–37. doi:10.3102/0013189X023003035. ISSN 0013-189X.
7. ↑ (in en) 2017 Personality 18: Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity I, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Kn5p7TP_Y, retrieved 2021-12-04
8. ↑ Schneider, W. Joel; McGrew, Kevin S. (January 1, 2012). "The Cattell-Horn-Carroll Model of Intelligence". in Flanagan, Dawn P. (in en). Contemporary Intellectual Assessment: Theories, Tests, and Issues. Guilford Press. p. 105. ISBN 9781609189952. https://books.google.com/books?id=IUiC8moHcTsC&pg=PA105.
9. ↑ Jensen, Arthur R. (January 2004). "Obituary" (in en). Intelligence 32 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2003.10.001.
10. ↑ Carroll, John B. (2014-04-04). "Human Cognitive Abilities: A Critique". in McArdle, John J. (in en). Human Cognitive Abilities in Theory and Practice. Psychology Press. p. 5. ISBN 9781135683504. https://books.google.com/books?id=LOFHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5.

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