UID:
almafu_9960073536202883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 111 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780124170186
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0124170188
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Intelligence and Human Progress; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figure; Acknowledgments; 1 Our Genes and Ourselves; 1.1 Outline of the Chapters; 1.2 Massive IQ Gains Over Time; 1.3 The Dickens/Flynn Model; 1.4 Measuring Something New; References; 2 Genes and Cognitive Progress; 2.1 Jensen's Method; 2.2 The Conceptual Foundations of the Method; 2.2.1 The Correlation Between g Loadings and Complexity; 2.2.2 The Correlation Between g Loadings and Inbreeding; 2.2.3 The Correlation Between g Loadings and Heritability; 2.2.4 Why the Method Carried Conviction
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2.2.5 Summary Judgment2.3 The Method in Practice; 2.3.1 The Exception; 2.3.2 Aid to Children; 2.4 Summary Judgment; 2.4.1 Are Black IQ Gains Significant?; 2.4.2 GQ Versus IQ; 2.4.3 Are Massive IQ Gains Over Time Significant?; 2.4.4 Philosophers and Psychometricians; References; Appendix A (Primarily for Specialists); Understanding Table A.1; Background Data for Table A.1; Arithmetic; How to Adjust for Restriction of Range; Adjusted Values for Restriction of Range; 3 Dysgenics and Eugenics; 3.1 Pol Pot and Cambodia; 3.2 Reproductive Patterns; 3.2.1 The Multiplication of the "Scum-Worthy"
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3.2.2 America and Britain3.2.3 International Data; 3.2.4 The Welfare Stare; 3.2.5 The New Eugenics; 3.3 Race and Immigration; 3.3.1 Immigration Reconsidered; 3.3.2 Geopolitical Consequences; 3.4 Summary; References; 4 Genes and Moral Progress; 4.1 Our Genetic Inheritance; 4.1.1 The Long-Term Domestication of Our Genes; 4.1.2 The Short-Term Domestication of Males; 4.2 The Omnipresent Decline of Violent Behavior; 4.2.1 Violence Turned Inward; 4.3 Cognitive Progress and Moral Progress; 4.3.1 Morality Today; 4.4 Progress at Risk; References; 5 Genes and Individual Differences
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5.1 Aging and Family Environment5.2 The New Method; 5.2.1 Detecting the Presence of a Planet; 5.2.2 What Does the Planet Do?; 5.2.3 Measuring the Pull of the Planet; 5.2.4 What is the Planet's Name?; 5.2.5 The Planet Gradually Disappears; 5.3 The Method Applied; 5.3.1 Corrections; 5.4 Decline of Family Environment; 5.4.1 Family and Fate; 5.5 Making Your Own Luck; 5.5.1 Aspirations; 5.6 IQ Gains Vindicated; References; Appendix B (Primarily for Specialists); 6 Frozen Minds; References
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780124170148
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0124170145
Language:
English
