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Written by James R. Flynn of the "Flynn effect" (the sustained and substantial increase in intelligence test scores across the world over many decades), Intelligence and Human Progress examines genes and human achievement in all aspects, including what genes allow and forbid in terms of personal life history, the cognitive progress of humanity, the moral progress of humanity, and the cross-fertilization of the two. This book presents a new method for weighing family influences versus genes in the cognitive abilities of individuals, and counters the arguments of those who dismiss gains in IQ as true cognitive gains. It ranges over topics including: how family can handicap those taking the SAT; new IQ thresholds for occupations that show elite occupations are within reach of the average American; what Pol Pot did to the genetic potential of Cambodia; why dysgenics (the deterioration of human genes over the generations) is important, but no menace for the foreseeable future; and what might derail human intellectual progress. Researchers in developmental and cognitive psychology, educators, and professionals involved in intelligence testing or psychometrics will benefit from the perspectives offered here. But beyond that, anyone interested in the potential of the human mind will be engaged and challenged by one of the most important contemporary thinkers on the subject.

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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- General ethics --- Aristotle --- Ethical relativism --- Humanism --- Ideology --- Relativisme moral --- Humanisme --- Idéologie --- Ethical relativism. --- Humanism. --- Ideology. --- Idéologie

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Written by James R. Flynn of the ""Flynn effect"" (the sustained and substantial increase in intelligence test scores across the world over many decades), Intelligence and Human Progress examines genes and human achievement in all aspects, including what genes allow and forbid in terms of personal life history, the cognitive progress of humanity, the moral progress of humanity, and the cross-fertilization of the two. This book presents a new method for weighing family influences versus genes in the cognitive abilities of individuals, and counters the arguments of those who dis

Genes. --- Human information processing. --- Medicine. --- Human genetics --- Heredity, Human --- Intellect --- Intelligence levels --- Biology --- Biological Evolution --- Personality --- Genetic Processes --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Genetic Phenomena --- Biological Processes --- Biological Phenomena --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Phenomena and Processes --- Evolution, Molecular --- Heredity --- Intelligence --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Genetics --- History --- Social aspects --- Behavior genetics. --- Human genetics. --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Behavior genetic analysis --- Behavioral genetics --- Human behavior genetics --- Psychogenetics --- Psychology --- Heredity, Human. --- History. --- Social aspects.

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The 'Flynn effect' refers to the massive increase in IQ test scores over the course of the twentieth century. Does it mean that each generation is more intelligent than the last? Does it suggest how each of us can enhance our own intelligence? Professor Flynn is finally ready to give his own views. He asks what intelligence really is and gives a surprising and illuminating answer. This expanded paperback edition includes three important new essays. The first contrasts the art of writing cognitive history with the science of measuring intelligence and reports data. The second outlines how we might get a complete theory of intelligence, and the third details Flynn's reservations about Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. A fascinating book that bridges the gulf separating our minds from those of our ancestors a century ago, and makes an important contribution to our understanding of human intelligence.

Intellect. --- Experimentele psychologie --- denken, begripsvorming en problem solving. --- Intellect --- #KVHB:Intelligentie --- Human intelligence --- Intelligence --- Mind --- Ability --- Psychology --- Thought and thinking --- Cognitive psychology --- Denken, begripsvorming en problem solving. --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology

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Humanistic ethics. --- Social sciences and ethics. --- Ethics and social sciences --- Social ethics --- Humanist ethics --- Ethics --- Humanism