WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?

FLYNN, James R.

ISBN 10: 0521880076 / ISBN 13: 9780521880077

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

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xi+216; virtually mint copy with jacket in protective wrapper. Currently in print at around £20. Author famous for the so-called 'Flynn effect' of rising measured IQs over time. Supplied stock image is correct. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 15.5 Cms x 23.5 Cms.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521880076
• ISBN 13: 9780521880077
• Binding: Black Cloth
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology & Human Sciences

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Synopsis

Professor James Flynn is one of the most creative and influential psychologists in the field of intelligence. The 'Flynn Effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century and the term was coined to recognize Professor Flynn's central role in measuring and analyzing these gains. For over twenty years, psychologists have struggled to understand the implications of IQ gains. Do they mean that each generation is more intelligent than the last? Do they suggest how each of us can enhance our own intelligence? Professor Flynn is finally ready to give his own views. He asks what intelligence really is and gives a surprising and illuminating answer. This book bridges the gulf that separates our minds from those of our ancestors a century ago. It is a fascinating and unique book that makes an important contribution to our understanding of human intelligence.

About the Author

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).