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Autore: |
Bartholomew David J.
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Titolo: |
Measuring intelligence : facts and fallacies / / by David J. Bartholomew [[electronic resource]]
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Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 172 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina: | 153.9/3 |
Soggetto topico: | Intelligence tests |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Measuring intelligence ![]() |
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 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457689503321 |
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