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What is intelligence? : beyond the Flynn effect /
The 'Flynn effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century. Does it mean that each generation is more intelligent than the last? Does it suggest how each of us can enhance our own intelligence? Professor Flynn is finally ready to give his o...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007012361.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007012361-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2007012361-d.html |
Table of Contents:
- A bombshell in a letter box
- Beyond the Flynn effect
- Towards a new theory of intelligence
- Testing the Dickens/Flynn model
- Why did it take so long?
- IQ gains can kill
- What if the gains are over?
- Knowing our ancestors.