Intelligence and how to get it
Subtitle: why schools and cultures count
By: Richard E. Nisbett.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780393065053
Subjects: Intellect; Intelligence; Schools; Culture
Description: Nisbett debunks the myth of genetic inheritance of intelligence and persuasively demonstrates how intelligence can be enhanced : the anti-Bell Curve book.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Varieties of intelligence; title: Heritability and mutability; title: Getting smarter; title: Improving the schools; title: Social class and cognitive culture; title: IQ in black and white; title: Mind the gap; title: Advantage Asia?; title: People of the book; title: Raising your child's intelligence ... and your own; title: Epilogue: What we know now about intelligence and academic achievement.