What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect

by James R. Flynn

• ISBN13: 9780521880077
• ISBN10: 0521880076
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The 'Flynn effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century. Does it mean that each generation is more intelligent than the last? Does it suggest how each of us can enhance our own intelligence? Professor Flynn is finally ready to give his own views. He asks what intelligence really is and gives a surprising and illuminating answer. This expanded paperback edition includes three important new essays. The first contrasts the art of writing cognitive history with the science of measuring intelligence and reports new data. The second outlines how we might get a complete theory of intelligence, and the third details Flynn's reservations about Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. A fascinating and unique book that bridges the gulf separating our minds from those of our ancestors a century ago, and makes an important contribution to our understanding of human intelligence.

Table of Contents

A bombshell in a letter box

Beyond the Flynn Effect

Towards a new theory of intelligence

Testing the Dickens/Flynn model

Why did it take so long?

IQ gains can kill

What if the gains are over?

Knowing our ancestors

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