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Sense and Nonsense about IQ - The Case for Uniqueness

English · Hardback

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This fascinating, well-written, and potentially controversial book is a wide-ranging exploration of the essential issues relevant to IQ. Charles Locurto examines data on the effectiveness of preschools; the impacts of adoption, heredity, and the role of environment; he evaluates the possibility of enhancing IQ in the early years; and he brilliantly describes and analyzes the major cases relevant to IQ research. Sense and Nonsense about IQ is truly an excellent sourcebook on the subject of human intelligence and its measurement.

Locurto reaches conclusions about the benefits of preschools, adoptions, social class, and family events that will gain attention and evoke discussion. The balance of the work, neither identifying with those who follow the extremes of hereditarianism or of environmentalism, ensures that Locurto's volume will be a most valuable resource for all with a serious interest in this subject which has so many far-reaching implications.

List of contents










Introduction
A History of Extremisms
Case Study of a Miracle
Intelligence Testing and the Rise of Hereditarianism
The Paradigm Shift to Environmentalism
Environment, Genetics, and the Malleability of IQ
Preschool Programs and IQ
Adoptions and the Malleability of IQ
Social Class and IQ
Genetics and the Malleability of IQ
Uniqueness and the Status of IQ
The Nature and Nurture of Uniqueness
IQ in Perspective
Appendices
Selected Bibliography
Index


About the author










CHARLES LOCURTO is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the College of the Holy Cross. He is Senior Editor of Autoshaping and Conditioning Theory. Dr. Locurto has also contributed articles to Animal Learning and Behavior, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, and Intelligence.

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