- EAN13
- 9781446264461
- Éditeur
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Date de publication
- 15/08/1997
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9781446264461
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Fichier PDF, avec DRM Adobe
- Impression
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9 pages
- Copier/Coller
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9 pages
- Partage
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6 appareils
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`In this remarkably economical, clear and informed book, Mike Howe... sets
about unravelling the formidable semantic, logical and empirical knots into
which IQ testers and their supporters have tied themselves.... Howe suggests
that we have, for decades, been asking the wrong kinds of questions. He points
to the number of alternative, theoretically richer, views of human
intelligence that don't reduce all to a single dimension... this is rendered
with an easy, readable style which assumes no previous technical knowledge' -
British Journal of Educational Psychology
In this provocative and accessible book, Michael Howe exposes serious flaws in
our most widely accepted beliefs about intelligence. He shows that crucial
assumptions are simply wrong and have had destructive social consequences. IQ
is real enough, but the common idea that a quality of intelligence is the
underlying cause of people's differing abilities is based on poor science as
well as faulty reasoning.
Offering a powerful case for a better understanding of human intelligence, IQ
in Question contradicts erroneous and destructive claims such as: IQ tests
provide a measure of inherent mental capacities; intelligence and `race' are
linked; IQ measures are good predictors of a person's success; intelligence
cannot be changed; there is a `gene for intelligence'; and low IQ always means
restricted capabilities.
about unravelling the formidable semantic, logical and empirical knots into
which IQ testers and their supporters have tied themselves.... Howe suggests
that we have, for decades, been asking the wrong kinds of questions. He points
to the number of alternative, theoretically richer, views of human
intelligence that don't reduce all to a single dimension... this is rendered
with an easy, readable style which assumes no previous technical knowledge' -
British Journal of Educational Psychology
In this provocative and accessible book, Michael Howe exposes serious flaws in
our most widely accepted beliefs about intelligence. He shows that crucial
assumptions are simply wrong and have had destructive social consequences. IQ
is real enough, but the common idea that a quality of intelligence is the
underlying cause of people's differing abilities is based on poor science as
well as faulty reasoning.
Offering a powerful case for a better understanding of human intelligence, IQ
in Question contradicts erroneous and destructive claims such as: IQ tests
provide a measure of inherent mental capacities; intelligence and `race' are
linked; IQ measures are good predictors of a person's success; intelligence
cannot be changed; there is a `gene for intelligence'; and low IQ always means
restricted capabilities.
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