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" IQ : "
Stephen Murdoch.
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BL
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105953
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b63502
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| Main Entry
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Murdoch, Stephen,1968-
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| Title & Author
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IQ : : a smart history of a failed idea /\ Stephen Murdoch.
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken, N.J. :: Wiley,, c2007.
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xiv, 269 p. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780471699774
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: 0471699772
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Intelligence levels-- History.
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| LC Classification
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BF431.M825 2007
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