Measuring Intelligence : Facts and Fallacies PDF
by David J. Bartholomew
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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.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/08/2004
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- ISBN:9780511207174
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:26/08/2004
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- ISBN:9780511207174
