Ceci argues that traditional conceptions of intelligence ignore the role of society in shaping intelligence and underestimate the intelligence of non-Western societies.

This edition adds two new chapters to cover the twenty years or so since the first edition (date unspecified). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"This volume is the outgrowth of the proceedings of the ninth annual Institute for Research in Clinical Psychology ... held at the University of Kansas campus on April 3rd to 5th, 1967.