Preface Robert J. Sternberg; 1. Intelligence research and assessment in the United Kingdom Ian Deary and Pauline Smith; 2. Intelligence - theory, research, and testing in Scandinavia Berit Carlstedt, Jan-Eric Gustafsson and Jarrlo Hautamaki; 3. The psychology of human intelligence in Spain Rocio Fernandez-Ballesteros and Roberto Colom; 4. Psychology of human intelligence in France and French-speaking Switzerland Jacques Lautrey and Anik de Ribaupierre; 5. Research on intelligence in German-speaking countries Shu-Chen Li and Ute Kunzmann; 6. Is it possible to study intelligence without using the concept of intelligence? An example from Soviet/Russian psychology Elena Grigorenko; 7. Intelligence theory, assessment, and research: the Israeli experience Moshe Zeidner, Gerald Matthews and Richard D. Roberts; 8. Intelligence and intelligence testing in Turkey Sami Gulgoz and Cigdem Kagitcibasi; 9. Intelligence: what is indigenous to India and what is shared? Bibhu D. Baral and J. P. Das; 10. Japanese conception of and research on human intelligence Tatsuya Sato, Hiroshi Namiki, Juko Ando and Giyoo Hatano; 11. Diligence makes people smart: Chinese perspectives on intelligence Jiannong Shi; 12. Similar thoughts under different stars: conceptions of intelligence in Australia Lazar Stankov; 13. Being intelligent with Zimbabweans: a historical and contemporary view Elias Mpofu; 14. Intelligence research in Latin America Ricardo Rosas; 15. North American approaches to intelligence Robert Sternberg; 16. Human intelligence: from local models to universal theory Andreas Demetriou and Timothy C. Papadopoulos.