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Inventing intelligence : how America came to worship IQ /
The use and misuse of IQ tests has long been a subject of contention in the scientific and social communities, particularly because these evaluations favor intelligence at the expense of other valuable human qualities. This is the first book of its kind to examine the historical development of our m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The use and misuse of IQ tests has long been a subject of contention in the scientific and social communities, particularly because these evaluations favor intelligence at the expense of other valuable human qualities. This is the first book of its kind to examine the historical development of our modern concept of intelligence and to explore America's fascination with the controversial exams that purport to measure it. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1440803382 9781440803383 9798216104605 |