Best American Intelligence
Homeland explores the high-stakes world of American intelligence through the eyes of Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer battling bipolar disorder. The show’s notable complexity stems from her unreliable perspective as she investigates suspected terrorist activity and navigates intricate political landsc...
Robert Sternberg is an American psychologist known for research on intelligence, creativity, wisdom, thinking styles, and love. His triarchic theory describes intelligence in analytical, creative, and practical terms, while his triangular theory represents love through intimacy, passion, and commitm...
Louis Leon Thurstone (1887-1955) was an American psychologist and psychometrician who made influential contributions to factor analysis, intelligence testing, and attitude measurement. He proposed that intelligence could be described through several primary mental abilities, including verbal compreh...
Howard Gardner is an American developmental psychologist and professor associated with the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In his 1983 book "Frames of Mind," he proposed the theory of multiple intelligences, challenging the idea that intelligence is adequately represented by a single general m...
Linda Gottfredson is an American psychologist known for research on general intelligence, often represented by the factor g, and its practical relationship to everyday tasks and social structure. Her theory of circumscription and compromise describes how people progressively narrow their occupationa...
Arthur Jensen (1923–2012) was an American educational psychologist whose 1969 Harvard Educational Review article controversially argued for genetic influences on group IQ differences.
Richard Herrnstein (1930–1994) was an American psychologist who co-authored 'The Bell Curve' (1994) with Charles Murray, sparking wide debate on intelligence and social inequality.
