Murdoch, Stephen
IQ : a smart history of a failed idea Stephen Murdoch. - Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley and Sons, c2007. - xiv, 269 p. 24 cm.
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 -- Afterword.
"IQ scores have the power to determine the chances we have in life: the people we meet, the schools we attend, the jobs we get, the lives we live. Very few of us, however, understand what IQ tests and ratings really mean. In this book, Stephen Murdoch explains the turbulent history and controversial current uses of intelligence testing."--Jacket
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2006032488
Intelligence levels--History.
Intelligence tests
153.9309 Mur 7
IQ : a smart history of a failed idea Stephen Murdoch. - Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley and Sons, c2007. - xiv, 269 p. 24 cm.
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 -- Afterword.
"IQ scores have the power to determine the chances we have in life: the people we meet, the schools we attend, the jobs we get, the lives we live. Very few of us, however, understand what IQ tests and ratings really mean. In this book, Stephen Murdoch explains the turbulent history and controversial current uses of intelligence testing."--Jacket
9780471699774 (cloth) 0471699772 (cloth)
2006032488
Intelligence levels--History.
Intelligence tests
153.9309 Mur 7