Measuring intelligence : facts and fallacies / by David J. Bartholomew.

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Bartholomew, David J

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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: xiv, 172 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0521544785 (pbk.)

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153.93

Contents:

Ch. 1. The great intelligence debate: science or ideology? -- Ch. 2. Origins -- Ch. 3. The end of IQ? -- Ch. 4. First steps to g -- Ch. 5. Second steps to g -- Ch. 6. Extracting g -- Ch. 7. Factor analysis or principal components analysis? -- Ch. 8. One intelligence or many? -- Ch. 9. The Bell Curve: facts, fallacies and speculations -- Ch. 10. What is g? -- Ch. 11. Are some groups more intelligent than others? -- Ch. 12. Is intelligence inherited.

Summary: The testing of intelligence has a long and controversial history. Claims that it is a pseudo-science or a weapon of ideological warfare have been commonplace and there is not even a consensus as to whether intelligence exists and, if it does, whether it can be measured. As a result the debate about it has centred on the nurture versus nature controversy and especially on alleged racial differences and the heritability of intelligence - all of which have major policy implications. This book aims to penetrate the mists of controversy, ideology and prejudice by providing a clear non-mathematical framework for the definition and measurement of intelligence derived from modern factor analysis. Building on this framework and drawing on everyday ideas the author address key controversies in a clear and accessible style and explores some of the claims made by well known writers in the field such as Stephen Jay Gould and Michael Howe.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-167) and index.

Ch. 1. The great intelligence debate: science or ideology? --
Ch. 2. Origins --
Ch. 3. The end of IQ? --
Ch. 4. First steps to g --
Ch. 5. Second steps to g --
Ch. 6. Extracting g --
Ch. 7. Factor analysis or principal components analysis? --
Ch. 8. One intelligence or many? --
Ch. 9. The Bell Curve: facts, fallacies and speculations --
Ch. 10. What is g? --
Ch. 11. Are some groups more intelligent than others? --
Ch. 12. Is intelligence inherited.

The testing of intelligence has a long and controversial history. Claims that it is a pseudo-science or a weapon of ideological warfare have been commonplace and there is not even a consensus as to whether intelligence exists and, if it does, whether it can be measured. As a result the debate about it has centred on the nurture versus nature controversy and especially on alleged racial differences and the heritability of intelligence - all of which have major policy implications. This book aims to penetrate the mists of controversy, ideology and prejudice by providing a clear non-mathematical framework for the definition and measurement of intelligence derived from modern factor analysis. Building on this framework and drawing on everyday ideas the author address key controversies in a clear and accessible style and explores some of the claims made by well known writers in the field such as Stephen Jay Gould and Michael Howe.

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