The Rising Curve: Long-Term Gains in IQ and Related Measures (Apa Science Volumes) - Hardcover

American Psychological Association

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9781557985033: The Rising Curve: Long-Term Gains in IQ and Related Measures (Apa Science Volumes)

Synopsis

Amidst worries that our educational standards are slipping, psychometricans have discovered a fascinating trend: an astonishing rise in IQ scores over the past fifty years. Also, scores between white and minority students are converging. This books draws together the latest findings from leading researchers in psychometrics and sociology as well as cognitive, social and developmental psychology to discuss the causes and the implicatioins of the rising curve.

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