Genetics and education / Arthur R. Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Arthur Robert, author.

Contributor:

Harper & Row, Publishers, publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellect--Genetic aspects.

Intellect.

Learning ability--Genetic aspects.

Learning ability.

Academic achievement.

Human genetics.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (Adams copy)

Adams, Mark B., (autograph, November, 1973) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

vi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U. S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, 1972.

Contents:

How much can we boost IQ and scholastic achievement?

A theory of primary and secondary familial mental retardation.

Estimation of the limits of heritability of traits by comparison of monozygotic and dizygotic twins.

IQs of identical twins reared apart.

Genetic research on human mental abilities: ethical issues.

A note on why genetic correlations are not squared.

References.

Bibliography (1) articles about "How much can we boost IQ and scholastic achievement?" (p. 356-364)

Bibliography (2) articles on genetics and individual differences by A.R. Jensen (p. 365-369).

Notes:

"Copyright ©1972 by Arthur R. Jensen."--verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-355) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Rare copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Penn Libraries Rare copy has dust jacket.

OCLC:

690357