James R. Flynn

Are We Getting Smarter?

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Produktbeschreibung

Seeks to explain the 'Flynn effect' (massive IQ gains over time) and its consequences for gender, race and social equality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9781107028098
• ISBN-10: 1107028094
• Artikelnr.: 35899562

Autorenporträt

James R. Flynn is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and a recipient of the University's Gold Medal for Distinguished Career Research. He is renowned for the 'Flynn effect', the documentation of massive IQ gains from one generation to another. Professor Flynn is the author of 12 books including Where Have All the Liberals Gone? (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and What Is Intelligence? (Cambridge University Press, 2007), which caused many to rethink the prevailing theory of intelligence.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Opening windows
2. IQ and intelligence
3. Developing nations
4. Death, memory, and politics
5. Youth and age
6. Race and gender
7. The sociological imagination
8. Progress and puzzles
Appendix I. IQ trends
Appendix II. Capital cases and comparing the WAIS-III IQs of various nations
Appendix III. Adult/child IQ trends and bright taxes/bonuses
Appendix IV. Gender and Raven's
Appendix V. Wonderful paper on causes of Raven's gains.