The Intelligence Men Makers of the I.Q. Controversy

by Fancher, Raymond E.

• ISBN13: 9780393955255
• ISBN10: 0393955257
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-02-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Few debates have so polarized the scientific and lay communities over the past century as the IQ controversy. In this brilliant and highly readable volume, psychologist Raymond E. Fancher, author of books on Sigmund Freud and on the lives and ideas of the great psychologists, turns a historical eye toward the scientists who have played, leading roles in the intelligence debate. It is a rich and exciting narrative of the lives and ideas of such intellects as John Stuart Mill, Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, and Arthur Jensen, among others, who have shaped the concept of intelligence over the past two hundred years.This book illuminates a controversy that will not go away, one whose impact continues to be felt in many public educational systems throughout the Western world.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Nature-Nurture Controversy	p. 1
The Invention of Intelligence Tests	p. 41
Intelligence Redefined	p. 84
The Rise of Intelligence Testing	p. 117
Twins and the Genetics of Iq	p. 162
Conclusion	p. 226
Notes	p. 242
Index	p. 257
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