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IQ : a smart history of a failed idea / Stephen Murdoch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murdoch, Stephen, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intelligence levels--History.
- Intelligence levels.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 269 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2007]
- Contents:
- The problem with testing
- The origins of testing
- The birth of modern intelligence tests
- America discovers intelligence tests
- Turning back the feebleminded
- The tests that changed the world
- Alpha and beta
- From segregation to sterilization : Carrie Buck's story
- Nazis and intelligence testing
- The eleven-plus in the United Kingdom
- Intelligence testing and the death penalty in the United States
- What do IQ tests really measure?
- Alternatives to IQ
- The SAT
- Black and white IQ.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780471699774
- 0471699772
- OCLC:
- 72798608
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