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What is intelligence? : beyond the Flynn effect / James R. Flynn.

By: Flynn, James Robert, 1934-.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2009Edition: 1st expanded pbk. ed.Description: xiv, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780521741477 (pbk.); 0521741475 (pbk.).Subject(s): IntellectDDC classification: 153.9
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 -- The art of writing cognitive history -- About GUT : the grand unification theory of intelligence -- Howard Gardner and the use of words.
Item type Current location Shelf location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 2 , Side 2, TierNo 4, BayNo 4

153.9 FLY 2009 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,23003,03,GR 5000120995

Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and indexes.

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 -- The art of writing cognitive history -- About GUT : the grand unification theory of intelligence -- Howard Gardner and the use of words.