| | | Document Type | : | BL | | Record Number | : | 105953 | | Doc. No | : | b63502 | | Main Entry | : | Murdoch, Stephen,1968- | | Title & Author | : | IQ :a smart history of a failed idea /Stephen Murdoch. | | Publication Statement | : | Hoboken, N.J. :Wiley,c2007. | | Page. NO | : | xiv, 269 p. ;25 cm. | | ISBN | : | 9780471699774 | | | 0471699772 | | Bibliographies/Indexes | : | Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index. | | 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. | | Subject | : | Intelligence levels-- History. | | LC Classification | : | BF431.M825 2007 |
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