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IQ : a smart history of a failed idea / Stephen Murdoch.

by Murdoch, Stephen, 1968-

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Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley and Sons, c2007.

Intelligence levels -- History.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006032488.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2006032488-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2006032488-d.html

9780471699774 (cloth)

0471699772 (cloth)

xiv, 269 p. ; 24 cm.

The problem with testing -- The origins of testing -- The birth of modern intelligence tests -- America discovers intelligence tests -- Turning back the feebleminded -- The tests that changed the world -- Alpha and beta -- From segregation to sterilization : Carrie Buck's story -- Nazis and intelligence testing -- The eleven-plus in the United Kingdom -- Intelligence testing and the death penalty in the United States -- What do IQ tests really measure? -- Alternatives to IQ -- The SAT -- Black and white IQ -- Afterword.

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