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Author Zenderland, Leila.

Title Measuring minds : Henry Herbert Goddard and the origins of American intelligence testing / Leila Zenderland.

Publication Info. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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 Moore Stacks  BF431 .Z46 1998    Available  ---
Description ix, 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Cambridge studies in the history of psychology
Cambridge studies in the history of psychology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-441) and index.
Contents Introduction : Motives, meanings, and contexts -- Spirit and science : faith, healing, and mission -- "A little child shall lead them" : educational evangelism and child study -- "Psychological work among the feeble-minded" : the medical meaning of "mental deficiency" -- Psychological work in the schools : the statistical meaning of "subnormality" -- Causes and consequences : the Kallikak family as eugenic parable -- The biology and sociology of "prevention" : defectives, dependents, and delinquents" -- Psychological work and the state : reformers, professionals, and the public --Psychological work and the nation : the political meaning of intelligence -- Leaving Vineland : popularity, notoriety, and a place in history -- Epilogue : Psychological legacies, historical lessons, and luck.
Subject Intelligence tests -- United States -- History.
Intelligence tests.
United States.
History.
Goddard, Henry Herbert, 1866-1957.
Goddard, Henry Herbert, 1866-1957.
Psychologists -- United States -- Biography.
Psychologists.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies.
ISBN 0521443733 hardcover