The Smart Culture : Society, Intelligence, and Law.

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What exactly is intelligence? Is it social achievement? Professional success? Is it common sense? Or the number on an IQ test?. Interweaving engaging narratives with dramatic case studies, Robert L. Hayman, Jr., has written a history of intelligence that will forever change the way we think about wh...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: L., Hayman Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1997.
Colección:Critical America.
Temas:
Mental health laws > United States.
People with mental disabilities > Civil rights > United States.
Equality before the law > United States.
Culture and law.
Intelligence levels.
Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle > Droits > États-Unis.
Niveau intellectuel.
LAW > Legal History.
Equality before the law.
Mental health laws.
People with mental disabilities > Civil rights.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What exactly is intelligence? Is it social achievement? Professional success? Is it common sense? Or the number on an IQ test?. Interweaving engaging narratives with dramatic case studies, Robert L. Hayman, Jr., has written a history of intelligence that will forever change the way we think about who is smart and who is not. To give weight to his assertion that intelligence is not simply an inherent characteristic but rather one which reflects the interests and predispositions of those doing the measuring, Hayman traces numerous campaigns to classify human intelligence. His tour takes us throu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (416 pages)
ISBN:9780814744789
0814744788

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