Abstraction and Aging

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. What is Abstraction? How is it Used? Why is it Important?

   • Jason S. Lee

   Pages 1-26

3. Abstraction Over the Life Course: Developmental and Methodological Concerns

   • Jason S. Lee

   Pages 27-41

4. The Social Bases of Intellectual Functioning

   • Jason S. Lee

   Pages 43-58

5. Empirical Findings

   • Jason S. Lee

   Pages 59-81

6. The Study of the Social Bases of Intellectual Functioning Across the Life Course: Issues, Findings, and Directions for Further Research on Abstraction

   • Jason S. Lee

   Pages 83-93

7. Back Matter

   Pages 95-113

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Abstraction is one facet of intellectual functioning. The study of abstraction allows extremely valuable insights into human intelligence. While this monograph indicates that the ability to think abstractly declines slightly with age, there are a number of variables determining abstract thinking and its relation to intelligence over the life-span. This monograph defines abstraction from all angles of thought, contrasting it with high-order thinking and stereotyped thinking; it discusses and evaluates tests of abstract thinking; and it presents new findings in sociological and psychological research on abstraction.

• Action
• Stereotyp
• communication
• education
• growth
• intelligence
• personality
• sociology

• Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

  Jason S. Lee

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