Edition |
1st ed |
Description |
x, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-282) and index |
Contents |
Varieties of intelligence -- Heritability and mutability -- Getting smarter -- Improving the schools -- Social class and cognitive culture -- IQ in black and white -- Mind the gap -- Advantage Asia? -- People of the book -- Raising your child's intelligence ... and your own -- Epilogue : What we now know about intelligence and academic achievement -- Appendix A : Infomal definitions of statistical terms -- The case for a purely environmental basis for black/white differences in IQ |
Summary |
Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced : the anti-Bell Curve book.--From publisher description |
Subject |
Intellect
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Schools
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Culture
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ISBN |
9780393337693 |
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