The Resource Inventing intelligence : how America came to worship IQ, Elaine E. Castles
Inventing intelligence : how America came to worship IQ, Elaine E. Castles
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- Summary
- "Measurement of intelligence has resulted in individuals being judged on the basis of IQ results rather than on merit or personal achievement. Controversy abounds over America's cultural infatuation with IQ, which has long served to perpetuate social inequalities and place limits on an individual's aspirations. Most of us assume that people in every period and in every region of the world have understood and valued intelligence in the same way we do today. Our modern concept of intelligence, however, is actually quite recent, emerging from the dramatic social and scientific changes that rocked the United States during the 19th century. Inventing Intelligence: How America Came to Worship IQ discusses the historical context for understanding the development of the concept of intelligence and the tests used to measure it. The author delves into the intertwined issues of IQ, heredity, and merit to offer a provocative look at how Americans came to overvalue IQ and the personal and social problems that have resulted."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 197 pages
- Contents
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- Worshipping at the altar of IQ
- Intelligence in historical context: the colonial experience
- Science in nineteenth-century America: intellect, intelligence, and the science of man
- Merit and social status in nineteenth-century America
- Phrenology: a precursor to IQ testing
- Intelligence and its measurement
- IQ testing, social control, and merit
- Democratic ideology and IQ testing
- A century of IQ testing: the more things change, the more they stay the same
- Toward a broader conception of intelligence
- Toward a more balanced perspective on heredity and IQ
- Toward a more equitable conception of merit
- Isbn
- 9781440803376
- Label
- Inventing intelligence : how America came to worship IQ
- Title
- Inventing intelligence
- Title remainder
- how America came to worship IQ
- Statement of responsibility
- Elaine E. Castles
- Subject
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- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Intelligence
- Intelligence Tests -- history
- Intelligence levels
- Intelligence levels -- United States -- History
- Intelligence tests
- History
- Intelligenzquotient
- Psychometrie
- USA
- United States
- United States
- Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Intelligence tests -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Measurement of intelligence has resulted in individuals being judged on the basis of IQ results rather than on merit or personal achievement. Controversy abounds over America's cultural infatuation with IQ, which has long served to perpetuate social inequalities and place limits on an individual's aspirations. Most of us assume that people in every period and in every region of the world have understood and valued intelligence in the same way we do today. Our modern concept of intelligence, however, is actually quite recent, emerging from the dramatic social and scientific changes that rocked the United States during the 19th century. Inventing Intelligence: How America Came to Worship IQ discusses the historical context for understanding the development of the concept of intelligence and the tests used to measure it. The author delves into the intertwined issues of IQ, heredity, and merit to offer a provocative look at how Americans came to overvalue IQ and the personal and social problems that have resulted."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Castles, Elaine E
- Dewey number
- 153.90973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BF431
- LC item number
- .C343 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
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- 2012 G-774
- BF 431
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Intelligence levels
- Intelligence tests
- Intelligence
- Intelligence Tests
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- United States
- Intelligence levels
- Intelligence tests
- United States
- Psychometrie
- Intelligenzquotient
- Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- USA
- Label
- Inventing intelligence : how America came to worship IQ, Elaine E. Castles
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Worshipping at the altar of IQ -- Intelligence in historical context: the colonial experience -- Science in nineteenth-century America: intellect, intelligence, and the science of man -- Merit and social status in nineteenth-century America -- Phrenology: a precursor to IQ testing -- Intelligence and its measurement -- IQ testing, social control, and merit -- Democratic ideology and IQ testing -- A century of IQ testing: the more things change, the more they stay the same -- Toward a broader conception of intelligence -- Toward a more balanced perspective on heredity and IQ -- Toward a more equitable conception of merit
- Control code
- ocn756577017
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 197 pages
- Isbn
- 9781440803376
- Lccn
- 2012005006
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781440803376
- (OCoLC)756577017
- Label
- Inventing intelligence : how America came to worship IQ, Elaine E. Castles
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Worshipping at the altar of IQ -- Intelligence in historical context: the colonial experience -- Science in nineteenth-century America: intellect, intelligence, and the science of man -- Merit and social status in nineteenth-century America -- Phrenology: a precursor to IQ testing -- Intelligence and its measurement -- IQ testing, social control, and merit -- Democratic ideology and IQ testing -- A century of IQ testing: the more things change, the more they stay the same -- Toward a broader conception of intelligence -- Toward a more balanced perspective on heredity and IQ -- Toward a more equitable conception of merit
- Control code
- ocn756577017
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 197 pages
- Isbn
- 9781440803376
- Lccn
- 2012005006
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781440803376
- (OCoLC)756577017
Subject
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Intelligence
- Intelligence Tests -- history
- Intelligence levels
- Intelligence levels -- United States -- History
- Intelligence tests
- History
- Intelligenzquotient
- Psychometrie
- USA
- United States
- United States
- Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- Intelligence tests -- United States -- History
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