Sense and Nonsense about IQ

The Case for Uniqueness

Charles Locurto (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

1991
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-275-93803-1 (ISBN)

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This fascinating, well-written, and potentially controversial book is a wide-ranging exploration of the essential issues relevant to IQ. Charles Locurto examines data on the effectiveness of preschools; the impacts of adoption, heredity, and the role of environment; he evaluates the possibility of enhancing IQ in the early years; and he brilliantly describes and analyzes the major cases relevant to IQ research. Sense and Nonsense about IQ is truly an excellent sourcebook on the subject of human intelligence and its measurement.

Locurto reaches conclusions about the benefits of preschools, adoptions, social class, and family events that will gain attention and evoke discussion. The balance of the work, neither identifying with those who follow the extremes of hereditarianism or of environmentalism, ensures that Locurto's volume will be a most valuable resource for all with a serious interest in this subject which has so many far-reaching implications.

CHARLES LOCURTO is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the College of the Holy Cross. He is Senior Editor of Autoshaping and Conditioning Theory. Dr. Locurto has also contributed articles to Animal Learning and Behavior, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, and Intelligence.

Introduction A History of Extremisms Case Study of a Miracle Intelligence Testing and the Rise of Hereditarianism The Paradigm Shift to Environmentalism Environment, Genetics, and the Malleability of IQ Preschool Programs and IQ Adoptions and the Malleability of IQ Social Class and IQ Genetics and the Malleability of IQ Uniqueness and the Status of IQ The Nature and Nurture of Uniqueness IQ in Perspective Appendices Selected Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.6.1991
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-275-93803-4 / 0275938034
ISBN-13	978-0-275-93803-1 / 9780275938031
Zustand	Neuware