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In this, the first popular history of the intelligence test, Stephen Murdoch reveals how universal education, mass immigration into the U.S. in the early 20th century and the demands of mobilisation in the First World War created the need to rank populations by intelligence. In the following decades, the tests were used to decide whether people could settle in a new country, whether they could reproduce, even whether they lived or died. While IQ tests have some predictive power, they don't expla... In this, the first popular history of the intelligence test, Stephen Murdoch reveals how universal education, mass immigration into the U.S. in the early 20th century and the demands of mobilisation in the First World War created the need to rank populations by intelligence. In the following decades, the tests were used to decide whether people could settle in a new country, whether they could reproduce, even whether they lived or died. While IQ tests have some predictive power, they don't explain people's capacity to think and understand the world around them. What has only ever been a rough guide to ability has, through the seductive power of a single, all-explaining number, come to be seen as an objective and infallible measure of intelligence, even of human merit. Just as bad, we've often tried to reshape society based on exam results alone. Is that the smartest idea anyone ever had?Taal: Engels;Afmetingen: 32x235x191 mm;Gewicht: 788,00 gram;ISBN10: 0715635980;ISBN13: 9780715635988; Engelstalig | Hardcover.

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Advance praise forIQ A Smart History of a Failed Idea"An up-to-date, reader-friendly account of the continuing saga of the mismeasure of women and men."Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons"The good news is that you won't be tested after you've read Stephen Murdoch's important new book. The better news is that IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea is compelling from its first pages, and by its conclusion, Murdoch has deftly demonstrated that in our zeal to quantify intelligence, we have needlessly scarredif not destroyedthe lives of millions of people who did not need an IQ score to prove their worth in the world. IQ is first-rate narrative journalism, a book that I hope leads to necessary change."Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair, Picasso's War, and Out of Silence"With fast-paced storytelling, freelance journalist Murdoch traces now ubiquitous but still controversial attempts to measure intelligence to its origins in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . Murdoch concludes that IQ testing provides neither a reliable nor a helpful tool in understanding people's behavior, nor can it predict their future success or failure. . A thoughtful overview and a welcome reminder of the dangers of relying on such standardized tests."Publishers Weekly'stephen Murdoch delivers a lucid and engaging chronicle of the ubiquitous and sometimes insidious use of IQ tests. This is a fresh look at a century-old and still controversial ideathat our human potential can be distilled down to a single test score. Murdoch's compelling account demands a reexamination of our mania for mental measurement."Paul A. Lombardo, author of Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court & Buck v. Bell.

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Stephen Murdoch, Books, Health and Well Being, Iq: A Smart History Of A Failed Idea, Advance praise forIQ A Smart History of a Failed IdeaAn up-to-date, reader-friendly account of the continuing saga of the mismeasure of women and men.—Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences: New HorizonsThe good news is that you won't be tested after you've read Stephen Murdoch's important new book. The better news is that IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea is compelling from its first pages, and by its conclusion, Murdoch has deftly demonstrated that in our zeal to quantify intelligence, we have needlessly scarred—if not destroyed—the lives of millions of people who did not need an IQ score to prove their worth in the world. IQ is first-rate narrative journalism, a book that I hope leads to necessary change.—Russell Martin, author of Beethoven's Hair, Picasso's War, and Out of SilenceWith fast-paced storytelling, freelance journalist Murdoch traces now ubiquitous but still controversial attempts to measure intelligence to its origins in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . Murdoch concludes that IQ testing provides neither a reliable nor a helpful tool in understanding people's behavior, nor can it predict their future success or failure. . . . A thoughtful overview and a welcome reminder of the dangers of relying on such standardized tests.—Publishers WeeklyStephen Murdoch delivers a lucid and engaging chronicle of the ubiquitous and sometimes insidious use of IQ tests. This is a fresh look at a century-old and still controversial idea—that our human potential can be distilled down to a single test score. Murdoch's compelling account demands a reexamination of our mania for mental measurement.—Paul A. Lombardo, author of Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court & Buck v. Bell.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Sutton Books.
Gerald Duckworth, 2007. hbk 269pp excellent clean tight unmarked in dj in protective sleeve as new.

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IQ~~Stephen-Murdoch, IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea, Paperback.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Greener Books Ltd.
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 06/28/2007. Hardcover. Used; Good.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, World of Books Ltd.
Paperback. Very Good.

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