James R. Flynn (New Zealand University of Otago)

Broschiertes Buch

What Is Intelligence?

Beyond the Flynn Effect

Beschreibung

An expanded paperback edition of James R. Flynn's thought-provoking examination of dramatic increases in IQ gains over the twentieth century. Includes new essays on the contrast between writing cognitive history with the science of measuring intelligence, the theory of intelligence and Flynn's reservations about Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.

Autor

James R. Flynn is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and a recipient of the University's Gold Medal for Distinguished Career Research. In 2007, the International Society for Intelligence Research named him its Distinguished Contributor of the Year. He has been Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford, Distinguished Visiting Speaker at Cornell, delivered the Stafford Little Lecture at Princeton, and been profiled in Scientific American. Professor Flynn has recently published his current views on race and IQ in Where Have All the Liberals Gone? Race, Class, and Ideals in America (Cambridge, 2008).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Expand. ed.
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780521741477
• ISBN-10: 0521741475
• Artikelnr.: 25617586