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Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century
James R. Flynn
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Description for Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century
Paperback. Seeks to explain the 'Flynn effect' (massive IQ gains over time) and its consequences for gender, race and social equality. Num Pages: 324 pages, 4 b/w illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: JMRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 518. Rising IQ in the Twenty-first Century. 324 pages, 4 b/w illus. 26 tables. Seeks to explain the 'Flynn effect' (massive IQ gains over time) and its consequences for gender, race and social equality. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JMRN. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight: 544.
The 'Flynn effect' is a surprising finding, identified by James R. Flynn, that IQ test scores have significantly increased from one generation to the next over the past century. Flynn now brings us an exciting new book which aims to make sense of this rise in IQ scores and considers what this tells us about our intelligence, our minds and society. Are We Getting Smarter? features fascinating new material on a variety of topics including the effects of intelligence in the developing world; the impact of rising IQ scores on the death penalty, cognitive ability in old age and the ... Read more
The 'Flynn effect' is a surprising finding, identified by James R. Flynn, that IQ test scores have significantly increased from one generation to the next over the past century. Flynn now brings us an exciting new book which aims to make sense of this rise in IQ scores and considers what this tells us about our intelligence, our minds and society. Are We Getting Smarter? features fascinating new material on a variety of topics including the effects of intelligence in the developing world; the impact of rising IQ scores on the death penalty, cognitive ability in old age and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107609174
SKU
V9781107609174
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99-1
About James R. Flynn
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. He is renowned for the 'Flynn effect', the documentation of massive IQ gains from one generation to another. Professor Flynn is the author of 12 books including Where Have All the Liberals Gone? (Cambridge University ... Read more
Reviews for Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century
'Flynn has made this field his own ... This book's strengths are the authority of the author, the engaging writing style, the importance of the topics dealt with, and the up-to-date nature of the content.' Ian J. Deary, University of Edinburgh 'No one but James Flynn could have written this book. It contains his most recent ideas about the causes ... Read more