IQ
Subtitle: a smart history of a failed idea
By: Stephen Murdoch.
Publisher: J. Wiley and Sons; Wiley
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780471699774
Subjects: Intelligence levels -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem with testing; title: The origins of testing; title: The birth of modern intelligence tests; title: America discovers intelligence tests; title: Turning back the feebleminded; title: The tests that changed the world; title: Alpha and beta; title: From segregation to sterilization : Carrie Buck's story; title: Nazis and intelligence testing; title: The eleven-plus in the United Kingdom; title: Intelligence testing and the death penalty in the United States; title: What do IQ tests really measure?; title: Alternatives to IQ; title: The SAT; title: Black and white.