| Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Flynn, James R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107609178 ISBN-13: 9781107609174 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Personality |
| Dewey: 153.930 |
| LCCN: 2012015437 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 326 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the best holiday gift designed to satisfy your IQ curiosity and making you even more smarter today than yesterday. Are We Getting Smarter? features fascinating new material on a variety of topics including the effects of intelligence in the developing world; the impact of rising IQ scores on the death penalty, cognitive ability in old age and the language abilities of youth culture; as well as controversial topics of race and gender. |
Contributor Bio(s): Flynn, James R.: - James R. Flynn is Professor Emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and a recipient of the University's Gold Medal for Distinguished Career Research. He is renowned for the 'Flynn effect', the documentation of massive IQ gains from one generation to another. Professor Flynn is the author of 12 books including Where Have All the Liberals Gone? (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and What Is Intelligence? (Cambridge University Press, 2007), which caused many to rethink the prevailing theory of intelligence. |