Measuring intelligence facts and fallacies
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798065606719 |
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- 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
