Measuring intelligence : facts and fallacies / / David J. Bartholomew

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811940703321
• Autore: Bartholomew David J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1-107-14999-1; 1-280-54019-2; 0-511-21435-9; 0-511-21614-9; 0-511-21077-9; 0-511-31504-X; 0-511-49001-1; 0-511-21254-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 172 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 153.9/3
• Soggetti: Intelligence tests; Psychological tests
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-167) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Full contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The great intelligence debate: science or ideology?; 2 Origins; 3 The end of IQ?; 4 First steps to g; 5 Second steps to g; 6 Extracting g; 7 Factor analysis or principal components analysis?; 8 One intelligence or many?; 9 The Bell Curve: facts, fallacies and speculations; 10 What is g?; 11 Are some groups more intelligent than others?; 12 Is intelligence inherited?; 13 Facts and fallacies; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The testing of intelligence has a long and controversial history. Claims that it is a pseudo-science or a weapon of ideological warfare have been commonplace and there is not even a consensus as to whether intelligence exists and, if it does, whether it can be measured. As a result the debate about it has centred on the nurture versus nature controversy and especially on alleged racial differences and the heritability of intelligence - all of which have major policy implications. ; This book aims to penetrate the mists of controversy, ideology and prejudice by providing a clear non-mathematical framework for the definition and measurement of intelligence derived from modern factor analysis. Building on this framework and drawing on everyday ideas the author address key controversies in a clear and accessible style and explores some of the claims made by well known writers in the field such as Stephen Jay Gould and Michael Howe.