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The Cattell controversy : race, science, and ideology /

Raymond Cattell, the father of personality trait measurement, was one of the most influential psychologists in the twentieth century, the author of fifty-six books, more than five hundred journal articles and book chapters, and some thirty standardized instruments for assessing personality and intel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tucker, William H., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "a fierce wind"
  • Factor analysis and its discontents : Cattellian science
  • In the name of evolution : the beginning of Cattell's moral system
  • Beyondism and the necessity for "genthanasia" : Cattellian morality in the postwar period
  • The Cattell convention : the controversy over the award
  • Conclusion : science, awards, and ideology.