Flynn, James R. 1934-2020

What is intelligence? : beyond the Flynn effect / James R. Flynn. - 1st expanded pbk. edition. - xiv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Author is lecturer at University of Otago, New Zealand. Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.

A bombshell in a letter box -- Beyond the Flynn effect -- Towards a new theory of intelligence -- Testing the Dickens/Flynn model -- Why did it take so long? -- IQ gains can kill -- What if the gains are over? -- Knowing our ancestors -- The art of writing cognitive history -- About GUT : the grand unification theory of intelligence -- Howard Gardner and the use of words.

0521741475 9780521741477


Intellect

BF431 / .F57 2009

153.9