| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 258 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Twins and autonomy -- Justice and freedom -- The great debate -- Slow and quick decay of family effects -- Reconciliation with twins and adoptions -- The fairness factor -- The raven's revolution -- Learning from astronomy -- The meta-theory of intelligence -- Scientific theories of intelligence -- Psychology and Cardinal Bellarmine. |
| Summary |
"Does your family make you smarter? James R. Flynn presents an exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range of cognitive abilities. Rather than using twin and adoption studies, he analyses IQ tables that have been hidden in manuals over the last 65 years, and shows that family environment can confer a significant advantage or disadvantage to your level of intelligence. Wading into the nature vs. nurture debate, Flynn banishes the pessimistic notion that by the age of seventeen, people's cognitive abilities are solely determined by their genes. He argues that intelligence is also influenced by human autonomy - genetics and family notwithstanding, we all have the capacity to choose to enhance our cognitive performance. He concludes by reconciling this new understanding of individual differences with his earlier research on intergenerational trends (the 'Flynn effect') culminating in a general theory of intelligence."-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Intellect -- Genetics.
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Intellect. |
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Genetics. |
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Families.
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Families. |
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Individuality.
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Individuality. |
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Intelligence tests.
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Intelligence tests. |
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Genotype-environment interaction.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development. |
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Genotype-environment interaction. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- General. |
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Genetic psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Flynn, James R. (James Robert), 1934- Does your family make you smarter? Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781316604465 (DLC) 2015049112 (OCoLC)932587942 |
| ISBN |
9781316595657 (electronic book) |
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131659565X (electronic book) |
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9781316596210 (electronic book) |
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1316596214 (electronic book) |
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9781316576694 |
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1316576698 |
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9781316604465 |
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1316604462 |
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9781107150058 |
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1107150051 |
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