IQ in Question : The Truth about Intelligence

Michael J A Howe

ISBN 10: 076195578X / ISBN 13: 9780761955788

Verlag: Sage Publications UK, 1997

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - `Michael Howe has presented an accessible and thorough discussion of all aspects of IQ and intelligence. This book is an important counterweight to many prevailing myths' - Professor George Mandler, University of California, San DiegoThis provocative account exposes serious flaws in our most widely accepted beliefs about intelligence that have influenced contemporary society. Michael Howe contradicts erroneous and destructive claims such as: IQ tests provide a measure of inherent mental capacities; intelligence and `race' are linked; IQ measures are good predictors of a person's success; intelligence cannot be changed; there is a `gene for intelligence'; and low IQ always means restricted capabilities.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780761955788

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: IQ in Question : The Truth about Intelligence
• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 076195578X
• ISBN-13: 9780761955788
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

`Michael Howe has presented an accessible and thorough discussion of all aspects of IQ and intelligence. This book is an important counterweight to many prevailing myths' - Professor George Mandler, University of California, San DiegoThis provocative account exposes serious flaws in our most widely accepted beliefs about intelligence that have influenced contemporary society. Michael Howe contradicts erroneous and destructive claims such as: IQ tests provide a measure of inherent mental capacities; intelligence and `race' are linked; IQ measures are good predictors of a person's success; intelligence cannot be changed; there is a `gene for intelligence'; and low IQ always means restricted capabilities.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael J A Howe is Professor of Psychology at the University of Exeter. He has written widely about human intelligence and his publications include The Origins of Exceptional Abilities (1990) and Fragments of Genius (1989).