Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Opening windows
- 2 IQ and intelligence
- 3 Developing nations
- 4 Death, memory, and politics
- 5 Youth and age
- 6 Race and gender
- 7 The sociological imagination
- 8 Progress and puzzles
- Appendix I IQ trends
- Appendix II Capital cases and comparing the WAIS-III IQs of various nations
- Appendix III Adult/child IQ trends and bright taxes/bonuses
- Appendix IV Gender and Raven’s
- Appendix V Wonderful paper on causes of Raven’s gains
- References
- Subject index
- Name index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Opening windows
- 2 IQ and intelligence
- 3 Developing nations
- 4 Death, memory, and politics
- 5 Youth and age
- 6 Race and gender
- 7 The sociological imagination
- 8 Progress and puzzles
- Appendix I IQ trends
- Appendix II Capital cases and comparing the WAIS-III IQs of various nations
- Appendix III Adult/child IQ trends and bright taxes/bonuses
- Appendix IV Gender and Raven’s
- Appendix V Wonderful paper on causes of Raven’s gains
- References
- Subject index
- Name index
- References
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